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3D Printing, 3Shape, Formlabs, Workflows

How to 3D Print Implant Surgical Guides for Stress-Free Implant Placement with iDD

Surgical guides play a pivotal role in implant dentistry, facilitating precise and predictable implant placement.  The rise of 3D printing technology has transformed the fabrication of surgical guides from something that was quite tedious, to something ...

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Medit, News

Medit Announces New App: Medit ClinicCAD

Medit’s software apps are some of the best in the industry - and they’re absolutely free as well.  It makes it easy to recommend Medit scanners to dentists who are just getting started with digital dentistry, ...

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Intraoral Scanner Reviews, Runyes

Runyes 3DS 2.0 / 3.0 Intraoral Scanner Review – low cost but how does it perform?

The Runyes 3DS 3.0 by the company Runyes Medical is one of the latest intraoral scanners released on the market. It is the successor to the Runyes 3DS scanner I reviewed back in 2020 and is a huge improvement ...

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3Shape, iDD Compares, TRIOS

The TRIOS Trilogy – iDD Compares 3Shape TRIOS 3 vs TRIOS 4 vs TRIOS 5

Among the leading brand names of intraoral scanners (IOS), 3Shape TRIOS scanners have consistently been at the forefront of digital dental impressions, delivering a seamless blend of efficiency, accuracy, and patient comfort.  Over the years, the ...

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IDS, News

Discover the Future of Dentistry with Pearl AI: Enhanced Diagnostics, Patient Care, Accuracy, and Trust.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a prominent topic in dentistry, with the potential to revolutionize the way oral healthcare is practiced.  At IDS 2023, we saw so many companies showing off their AI functionality that ...

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News, Runyes, Unboxing

Unboxing Runyes 3DS 3.0 Intraoral Scanner

Hey everyone, Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny here from the Institute of Digital Dentistry. And today I have another scanner unboxing  for you, the Runyes 3DS 3.0 intraoral scanner from the company, Runyes Group.  This is their second ...

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CAD/CAM, Intraoral Scanner Reviews, News

RESULTS: The World’s Largest Survey on User-Experience of Intraoral Scanners by iDD

At the end of 2022, I had the pleasure of collaborating with Semmelweis University in Hungary on the largest ever study of intraoral scanners on an international scale.  We called upon our community of digital dentists, ...

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CEREC, Dentsply Sirona, News

DS Core by Dentsply Sirona Officially Launches

DS Core has officially launched. It happened at IDS 2023.  Essentially, DS Core is Dentsply Sirona's cloud based platform, CAD design service and service package. It seems like a step in the right direction for the ...

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News

Runyes Showcase New Improvements to the Runyes 3.0

As the price of intraoral scanners continues to become more competitive, a number of companies have begun tailoring their offerings to service dentists looking for an affordable intraoral scanner for their clinics.  One such company is ...

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3D Printing, News

Heimerle + Meule: Germany’s Oldest Refinery Strikes Gold with 3D Dental Printing

On our recent trip to IDS 2023, we met with an extremely interesting company who have just stepped into the world of 3D dental printing.  Heimerle + Meule is Germany’s oldest gold and silver refinery, so ...

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News, TRIOS, Unboxing

Unboxing 3Shape’s TRIOS 5 Intraoral Scanner

Today we’re going to be unboxing a scanner I’m really excited about - the TRIOS 5. This is one of the very first units in New Zealand, which took some time to get here due to ...

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Alliedstar, CEREC, Dentsply Sirona, iDD Compares, Medit, Runyes, Shining 3D

iDD Compares: A Comprehensive Comparison of Affordable vs. High-End Intraoral Scanners

In this article, we look at comparing several relatively affordable intraoral scanners with one of the most expensive scanners on the market. The majority of these scanners have a recommended retail price (RRP) between $10-15K USD, ...

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News

Smilecloud – Utilizing AI in Smile Design

AI has been absolutely taking the dental industry by storm. There are so many areas of dentistry that could be made more efficient or accurate with the use of artificial intelligence, most notably smile design.One such ...

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IDS, Implants, News, Straumann

Everything You Need to Know About Straumann’s Falcon Guided Implant System

Guided Implant Surgery Systems were a big focal point of IDS 2023. Last year, we gave our first impressions on the X-Guide Guided Implant System. Using the X-Guide, we were able to place two implants in ...

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IDS, News, Virtuo Vivo

IDS 2023: Straumann Showcase New Updates to the Virtuo Vivo

Ever since the Virtuo Vivo released in 2019 and didn’t exactly garner a lot of positive reviews, Straumann have been on a mission to massively improve the scanner - in fact, it actually won most improved ...

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News

Bite-Finder at IDS 2023: Enhancing Dental Occlusion with AI Technology

Artificial Intelligence has been dominating the news cycle as of late, and it’s no different in the dental industry. During our recent trip to IDS 2023, we saw so many new and exciting innovations in dentistry ...

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News

Phrozen at IDS 2023: From DLP to LCD Technolog, New Cure and Wash Machines + New Printer

Phrozen have been a massive success story in the world of 3D printing. Since bursting onto the scene in 2016, they have established themselves as one of the world’s most innovative 3D printing companies. From humble ...

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News

NextDent at IDS 2023: LCD1 3D Printer, NextDent 5100 + New Materials!

The 3D printing market is heating up, and NextDent by 3D Systems looks ready to offer dentists who want to 3D print a variety of printers and materials to take their clinic to the next level. ...

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