{"id":743,"date":"2026-05-28T08:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/?post_type=article&p=743"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:14:45","slug":"guidelines-for-digital-interocclusal-records-part-2-edentulous-patients-4201","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/article\/guidelines-for-digital-interocclusal-records-part-2-edentulous-patients-4201\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines for Digital Interocclusal Records: Part 2 \u2013 Edentulous Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"article-type":[5],"forum-tag":[131,130,129,133,132],"class_list":["post-743","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-feature-article","forum-tag-articulation","forum-tag-digital-interocclusal-records","forum-tag-digital-scanning","forum-tag-edentulism","forum-tag-registration"],"acf":{"feature_topic":632,"authors":[1400,1398,1018],"read_time":"14 min","publication_date":"20260311","doi":"10.63580\/ITI.FI.45776","excerpt":"This article synthesizes evidence-based guidelines on digital interocclusal records for edentulous patients.","references":"Abduo, J. 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