Evaluation and Comparison of Accuracy of Complete Arch Digital and Conventional Implant Impression as Influenced by the Use of a 3D Printed Modular Splint -An Study.

Aim: To investigate the accuracy of Complete Arch implant impression digitally and conventionally with and without using a 3D printed modular chain splint.

Methods: The STROBE (strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology) guidelines were use to conduct an analytical cross-sectional study. The total number of samples ( = 40) was derived and was divided into two groups with four subgroups: A1-Digital Impression without splinting of scan bodies (reference scan) and A2-Digital Impression splinted with 3D printed Modular Chain splint (test scan) and B1-Conventional Impression without Splinting of impression copings (reference scan) and B2- Conventional Impression splinted with 3D printed modular chain splint (test scan).

COVID-19: Implications on dental profession and precautionary guidelines.

The current global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has grasped the attention of entire international community and has caused widespread public health concerns. All the efforts taken globally to curtail the novel COVID-19; the outbreak is still on a rise owing to the community spread pattern of this infection. COVID-19 is a zoonotic infection that, like other coronavirus infections, is believed to have been originated in bats and pangolins, and later transmitted to humans.