Computed Tomography versus Optical Scanning: A Comparison of Different Methods of 3D Data Acquisition for Tooth Replication

Table 1

Input (number of DICOM slices) and output (number of triangles) data used for 3D models creation.

		CBCT standard resolution	CBCT high resolution	Optical 3D scanning	Micro-CT
Molar	Number of slices	71	186	-	2056
	Number of triangles	13 780	98 624	132 924	24 974 112
Canine	Number of slices	85	239	-	2262
	Number of triangles	9 612	65 340	99 042	11 510 788