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Influence of the background, substrate and thickness in light behaviour and colour of zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate (ZLS) glass-ceramic Influência do fundo, substrato e espessura no comportamento da luz e cor das cerâmicas de dissilicato de lítio reforçadas com zircónia (ZLS)

Objective: To compare the reproduction trueness and precision of dental casts made by the conventional, milling and 3D printing techniques. Material and Methods: From an upper right side half-arch reference model (RM), 72 models were obtained and divided into three groups: conventional (CM), milled (MM) and printed (PM). All models were scanned and converted into standard tessellation language (.STL) files. The files were superimposed using 3D analysis software, and statistical analysis was performed using the root mean square (RMS) values obtained. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to assess normality, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare groups (ρ < ⍺; ⍺ = 0.05). The Mann-Whitney U test was used for multiple comparisons among groups (ρ < ਕ; ਕ = 0.017). Results: There were significant differences in trueness (ρ = 0.000; ρ <0.001) and precision (ρ = 0.000; ρ < 0.001) among the three dental cast groups. Regarding trueness, CM presented better results, followed by MM and PM. Regarding precision, MM showed better results, followed by PM and CM, which did not show significant differences. Conclusions: For dental cast reproduction the conventional technique has the best trueness and the milling technique has the best precision.