Intraoral digital impression with rubber dam isolation

OBJECTIVES: Intraoral digital impression represents a daily procedure in prosthetic dentistry that improves patient comfort and reduces operative time.
The present article describes a clinical tip to make intraoral scans without remove rubber dam isolation during the preparation of a tooth for a ceramic inlay.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: To describe the protocol, a patient who has been planned to receive an inlay in the mandibular left first molar is presented.
Using digital tools of the intraoral scanner, it is possible to cut and align different segments of the digital impressions made before and after dental preparation.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Within the limitations of the technique, the protocol described provided to make a digital impression without blood and/or saliva obtaining a better visualization of the finish line.

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This technique described a tip to obtain an accurate digital impression when the rubber dam isolation is applied in the mouth of the patient; the procedure could be used by an inexpert operator in digital dentistry.

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