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Welcome back to another episode of Digital Dentistry Decoded. This one is a little different, because instead of one guest I sat down with three people from Ray at once. Mr. Lee is Ray’s CEO, Dr. Kim is the Clinical Director and a practicing periodontist, and Min is Managing Director of Ray Australia.If Ray sounds
September 2026 marks two years since Straumann launched Straumann SIRIOS, and I wanted to step back and look at the bigger picture of what’s happening in the digital dentistry market.I’ve covered this scanner from the very start. I wrote about Straumann’s original announcement in September 2024, put the original SIRIOS through a full review in May 2025,
Welcome back to another episode of the Digital Dentistry Decoded podcast. After a series of episodes on where the industry is heading, I wanted to return to pure clinical skills and talk to someone who changed how I practice. Dr. Fadi Hasan is a board-certified periodontist at Sculpt Center for Implants & Periodontics in the
SprintRay’s 3DNext 2026 event in Miami brought several major announcements, including the company’s first branded intraoral scanner, two new additions to its Nano 3D printing range, and a collaboration with GC to introduce a definitive restorative composite for the Midas platform. Alongside the hardware launches, the company introduced new software capabilities and accessories aimed at
SprintRay used its 3DNext event in Miami to launch two new products, the NanoPrint and the NanoWash. They complete the Nano series that began with the NanoCure in 2024, and I was lucky to unbox and test both at the iDD studio ahead of launch.Watch the unboxing here: Of the two launches, the NanoPrint is
Medit has launched the Medit iE today, a ‘new’ wired intraoral scanner priced at $10,999 USD.Here’s the thing. On paper, it is basically an i900. Medit says the iE uses the same third-generation optical engine, and it shares the i900 classic’s weight, dimensions, and field of view.The difference is everything around the scanner. The iE
Clinical execution is the least important part of digital smile design. That ranking comes from Dr. Christian Coachman, the person who created it.Dr. Christian is a dentist, a dental technician, and the founder and CEO of Digital Smile Design (DSD). I got into DSD around nine years ago, and I have to say it changed
SprintRay has officially launched MIDAS Restore, and after several months of hands-on testing as part of the beta program, I think this is the most significant restorative resin release we have seen so far.The launch went live on 1 September 2026 in the United States. Restore is a glass-ceramic and zirconia-filled definitive restorative resin built specifically for
Materials, not printers, decide whether a 3D-printed crown works. That is the argument Hossein Bassir kept coming back to, and after a decade building SprintRay, he has earned the right to make it.I sat down with Hossein, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at SprintRay, to talk about where dental 3D printing actually sits in 2026.
One of the first Ceramix-Nano units in the world is here at the iDD Studio, and the first thing that hits you is the size. I have been waiting for this one since Shining 3D announced it, because I believe it is genuinely big news in the 3D printing space. This is a hands-on first look,
Bringing your lab work in-house is not a technology decision. It is a business decision, and most dentists make it the other way around.They see a colleague post a milled crown or a 3D printed model online, get excited about the workflow, and buy the equipment before running a single number specific to their own
“You must stay current, or you will be left behind.” That is not a marketer talking. That is the president of the Chicago Dental Society, and he means it as a word of caution to every clinician or organization reading this.I sat down with Dr. Phil Schefke, President of the Chicago Dental Society, the organization behind
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