Research Article

Quantitative Evaluation of Tissue Surface Adaption of CAD-Designed and 3D Printed Wax Pattern of Maxillary Complete Denture

Table 1

Average deviation between tissue surface of wax denture and plaster cast.

AreaDeviation (mm)
CAD&3DP groupManual group

Overall0.29 ± 0.140.30 ± 0.17
Primary stress-bearing area0.33 ± 0.150.29 ± 0.18
Secondary stress-bearing area0.27 ± 0.120.29 ± 0.17
Border seal area0.41 ± 0.210.35 ± 0.30
Postdam area0.29 ± 0.070.34 ± 0.05