Big news from one of 3D printing’s up-and-comer companies today - Ackuretta have just announced the CURIE Plus - their latest biocompatible UV Curing Unit. It will be a part of their 3D printing ecosystem, which means you can now easily slice, ...
iDD Compares: How Do Affordable Intraoral Scanners Perform Against a High-End Intraoral Scanner?
I scanned the same patient, on the same day, with six different intraoral scanners: CEREC Primescan by Dentsply Sirona Aoralscan 3 by Shining 3D Heron IOS by 3DISC Helios 600 by Eighteeth i700 by Medit DL-206P by Launca All these scanners, with the exception of CEREC Primescan, have their ...
3DISC Showcase Their New OVO Intraoral Scanner
We’ve covered 3DISC quite extensively here at the Institute of Digital Dentistry. We were fans of their intraoral scanner - the 3DISC Heron - but found it’s software a bit lacking. While we were at IDS 2023, we caught up with 3DISC’s CEO ...
Ray Speak on their RAYIOS2 Intraoral Scanner and RAYFace Facial Scanner
We’ve covered a lot of exciting innovations in digital dentistry over the years, and one of the most interesting companies we’ve come across is Korean company Ray. We’ve already reviewed their RAYFace facial scanner - and were seriously impressed with the results. ...
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 produced in the dental office. In-house ...
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, or who only use their intraoral scanner ...
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 over that IOS. The Runyes 3DS ...
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 3Shape has released several versions, with TRIOS ...
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 we started to lose count.One such company ...
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 generation intraoral scanner after the Runyes 3DS, ...
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, techs, and DA's, and we are so ...
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 company - will it have a big ...