New Dental Digital Impression Systems

There is little doubt that dental digital impression technology is a growing part of the dental industry. These digital intraoral scanners are capable of creating accurate 3D computer models of a patient’s teeth and intraoral tissues for use with either chairside CAD/CAM or for transmission to a dental laboratory for fabrication of the definitive dental restoration. While dental digital impression systems have been around for a number of years, the past 12 or 15 months has seen a wave of new scanners hitting the market, and more are on the way. Here is a comparison of five of the newer dental digital impression systems.

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Company	Planmeca USA, Inc.	Dentsply Sirona CAD/CAM	3Shape	DEXIS
Item	Planmeca FIT	CEREC Omnicam Dental CAD/CAM System	TRIOS 3 Digital Impression Solution	CS 3600
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Description	Designed to make restorative dentistry quicker and easier, the Planmeca FIT System offers intuitive computer-guided, powder-free image capture and	The CEREC AC with Omnicam is a powder-free dental digital impression system capable of capturing precise 3D intraoral scans in full color. Designed	TRIOS® 3 is a three-in-one digital impression solution featuring an intraoral scanner, integrated intraoral camera and automated shade measurement	The CS 3600 intraoral scanner from Carestream Dental puts smarter scanning in your hands, whether your practice handles restorative, orthodontic or
Warranty	Up to 3 years	1 year	Dependent on region	Not Available
Manipulation Software	PlanCAD Easy	CEREC 4.0	Not Available	Not Available
Capture Method	PlanScan Intraoral Scanner	Omnicam LED and Sonar	Not Available	Not Available
Restoration Types	Inlays, Onlays, Veneers, Crowns and Bridges	Veneers Crowns Bridges Inlays & Onlays Implant Guides Implant Abutments Models	Not Available	Not Available
Materials Available	Ceramics, Hybrid Ceramics, Zirconia, and Resin-Based Materials	VITABlocs Mark II, Esthetic Line and TriLuxe (Feldspathic Porcelain) IPS Empress CAD LT, HT and Multiblocks (Leucite Reinforced Ceramic) IPS e.max CAD (Lithium Disilicate) Paradigm C (Leucite Reinforced Ceramic) Paradigm MZ100 (Composite)	Not Available	Not Available
Average Milling Time	12 minutes	MC XL : 4 - 10 minutes Compact Milling Unit : 8 - 15 minutes	Not Available	Not Available
Acquisition Method	Intraoral powder-free image capture	Continuous Color Imaging	Ultrafast Optical Sectioning	Intelligent Matching System
Orthodontic Analysis	Inquire	No	Optional	Inquire
Possible Restorations	Yes	Inlays, Onlays, Veneers, Crowns, Bridges, Implant Abutments, Surgical Guides	Crowns, Bridges, Inlays, Onlays, Veneers, Implants, Custom Abutments, Implant Bars, Surgical Guides, Removable Partials, Temporary Crowns, Virtual Diagnostic Wax-Ups, Invisalign. Optional software platforms: TRIOS Practice Lab, 3Shape Implant Studio, TRIOS Orthodontics	Crowns, Inlays, Onlays, Bridges, and Implant workflows
CAD/CAM Systems Available	Not Available	CEREC	Open	CS Solutions and other open architecture solutions
Contrast Medium Required	Not Available	No	No	No
True Color Image Available	Not Available	Yes	Yes	Yes
Training Provided	Not Available	Yes	Reseller dependent	Not Available
Integrated Battery Backup	Not Available	Not Available	Optional on Cart configurations; Yes on Wireless configurations	N/A
Capture Time	Not Available	2 minutes for single crown	Up to 3,000 2D images per second	Not Available
Lab Integration	Not Available	Yes via Sirona Connect	Yes - open architecture system	Yes
HD Image Capture	Not Available	No	Yes	Yes
Shade Matching	Not Available	No	Yes	Not Available
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