Achieving maximum accuracy in a bite scan is crucial to a successful full denture.
Following intraoral / extraoral scans of the patient’s arch(es) in the denture workflow, Chairside prompts you to perform a bite scan. Use the following steps to ensure a successful scan.
Patients With Dentition
- Have the patient open their mouth
- Insert the scanner, and use the scanner as a cheek retractor, and then have the patient close their mouth.
- Start the scanner in the second molar area and, using an up-and-down brushing motion, slowly move the scanner mesially until it reaches the midline.
- Shut the scanner off, and click on “Bite 2” in the software
- Repeat the process on the opposite side.
Patients Without a Dentition
- If a single arch wax bite rim:
- Scan with wax bite rim in the mouth (from molar to midline on both left and right sides) with blue mousse (or preferred bite registration material).
- If dual arch wax bite rim(s), you have two options:
- Scan both arches in occlusion outside of mouth (full arch from molar to molar) with blue mousse (or preferred bite registration material).
- Scan inside the mouth molar to the midline on both sides.
**Always apply a wash impression to the wax rims and keep the wash attached to the rim for the entirety of the scanning process.