# Evaluation of the Effect of Distance Between Dental Abutments on the Accuracy of One‐Step and Two‐Step Impression Techniques With Polyvinyl Siloxane (PVS) Material

## TL;DR

This study examines how the distance between dental abutments affects the accuracy of one-step and two-step impression techniques using PVS material.

## Contribution

The study introduces a systematic evaluation of interabutment distance effects on impression accuracy in dental prosthetics.

## Key findings

- One-step impressions showed significant accuracy differences with increasing interabutment distance.
- Two-step impressions were more accurate than one-step impressions for edentulous spans.
- Statistical significance was observed between one and four premolar distances in one-step impressions.

## Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of distance between dental abutments on the accuracy of one‐step and two‐step impression techniques with polyvinyl siloxane (PVS) material.

Four master models were fabricated with different interabutment distances equal to one, two, three, and four premolar lengths 1–4 (L1, L2, L3, and L4). Seven one‐step impressions were taken from each master model using PVS impression material (Group A, n = 7). For two‐step impressions, a 1.5 mm polyethylene spacer was used over each master model, and impressions were taken (Group B, n = 7). Scans from the casts were superimposed over the master model scans. Accordingly, differences were measured and compared with statistical tests (Kolmogorov–Smirnoff test, Mann–Whitney test, and Friedman's test) to evaluate the effect of interabutment distance within each impression technique group and also compare the one‐step and two‐step impression techniques. p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

A statistically significant difference was noted among the different edentulous areas in the one‐step impression technique group (Group A, p = 0.010). At edentulous span, a statistically significant difference was recorded (p = 0.047) with two‐step impression technique being more accurate compared to the one‐step impression technique. Friedman's pairwise analysis in Group A demonstrated a significance between one premolar and four premolar interabutment distance groups (p = 0.006).

The accuracy of the one‐step impression is significantly affected by the increase in interabutment distance from one premolar to four premolar edentulous.