Research Article

Influence of Intraoral Scanners, Operators, and Data Processing on Dimensional Accuracy of Dental Casts for Unsupervised Clinical Machine Learning: An In Vitro Comparative Study

Table 2

3-Factor ANOVA to evaluate the relationship between scanners, operators, and processing workflow and subsequent RMSE outcomes.

List of independent factors

3D scannerF = 2.23, IOS1 = mean ± SD = 34.25 ± 5.89
IOS2 = mean ± SD = 33.02 ± 4.93
AugmentationF = 4.90, Native dataset = mean ± SD = 34.54 ± 5.80
Augmented dataset = mean ± SD = 32.73 ± 4.94
Clinical operatorF = 0.24, Operator 1 = mean ± SD = 33.43 ± 5.63
Operator 2 = mean ± SD = 33.83 ± 5.30

Native dataset

Operator 1 (mean ± SD)Operator 2 (mean ± SD)
IOS135.01 ± 7.2135.18 ± 5.66
IOS233.63 ± 5.2134.35 ± 5.17

Augmented dataset

Operator 1 (mean ± SD)Operator 2 (mean ± SD)
IOS133.10 ± 5.6633.70 ± 4.95
IOS231.99 ± 3.8932.12 ± 5.25

Interaction effect

(1) 1. 3D scanner vs. augmentation: F = .021,
(2) 2. 3D scanner vs. clinical operator: F <.001,
(3) 3. Augmentation vs. clinical operator: F = .003,
(4) 4. 3D scanner vs. augmentation vs. clinical operator: F = .097,

Significant .