This is typically sold as a package with PlanCAD and PlanMill 40 for chairside milling. Also, with 3M, your first 30 cases will go to a margin marking lab that will mark the margins for you. To be able to access the case, you must pay a monthly subscription fee for what is called the 3M True Definition Scanner Lab Package. Once scanned, the case gets sent directly to the 3M Connection Center. The Tru-Def scanner is an open system scanner that requires a light spray in the patient’s mouth before scanning. We are going to take a look at the top 6 scanners currently being purchased: 3M True Definition, PlanScan, iTero, Cerec, Trios and Carestream. Receiving the digital impression from your client is different with just about every intraoral scanner. With this information in mind, I thought now would be a good time to review some of the information that is good to know when one of your customers is interested in purchasing a scanner. Even if only 25% of dentists purchase an intra-oral scanner in the next couple of years, that’s a lot of scanners. At one meeting in Chicago, it was said that in a study of 1,400 random dentists, 50% were going to purchase an intraoral scanner within the next 2-3 years. Also, Dentsply Sirona announced that the Cerec would become an “open” system this summer. There were new scanners introduced, including 3Shape’s wireless Trios scanner. This, of course, is mainly driven by the dentists’ purchase of intraoral scanners. Although there is a lot of interest in printing surgical guides, splints, temporaries, patterns for casting and pressing and impression trays, a lot of the interest is focused on model printing. Most notably at both shows this year were 3D printers. The Mid-Winter meeting and IDS 2017 are behind us, and as usual, there were several new products introduced.

Cerec bluecam scanner aquisition