Intraoral Scanners vs Traditional Impressions: Why Digital Scanning Is More Comfortable
Quick Answer Most patients find intraoral scanning more comfortable than traditional tray-and-material impressions. Digital scanning replaces the bulky tray and thick impression paste with a small handheld wand that captures images of the teeth directly, without anything that needs to set inside the mouth. Research comparing the two methods consistently reports less gagging, less anxiety, …


