WELCOME TO THE INTRAORAL SCANNER AWARDS 2020 The iDD Intraoral Scanner Awards celebrate the dental industry’s finest tech companies and rewards innovative and exceptional application of intraoral scanner technology to transform and grow digital dentistry.The awards feature a variety of categories celebrating industry, applications and transformation through technology. iDD are proud recognize the following companies and […]
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The Global Summits Institute has released its list of the World’s Top 100 Doctors for 2021. The Global Summits Institute is a peer-to-peer organization that recognizes dentists, doctors, and specialists who demonstrate clinical excellence and leadership in the healthcare industry.We are pleased to announce that Dr Ahmad Al-Hassiny, the Director of the Institute of Digital […]
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Reviews and ratings on the top 10 intraoral scanners released at IDS 2019. Learn about 3Shape TRIOS 4, Planmeca Emerald S, Dentsply Sirona CEREC Primescan, Medit i500, Align iTero Element 5D, Carestream CS 3700, Dental Wings Virtuo Vivo, GC Aadva IOS 200, Vatech EzScan and Shining 3D Aoralscan scanners.
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Align has recently announced changes to their Cancellation Policy in regards to their widely popular Invisalign aligner system. Notably to Pre-ClinCheck Approval Cancellations for Intraoral Scanner (IOS) users. Previously, those who used an Invisalign approved IOS such as iTero, CEREC Omnicam and TRIOS 3 (in some regions), enjoyed no cancellation fees at all for Invisalign […]
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Since its launch, the Medit i500 has been advertised as the “easy entry into dentistry” with absolutely no subscription costs. Although a very good way of penetrating the intraoral scanner (IOS) market, we personally had doubts about the long term sustainability of this business model. The Medit Team do a truly impressive job continuously updating […]
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Finally an independent study comparing the latest intraoral scanners on the market has been released. Dentists, technicians, specialists and the industry as a whole, has been desperate for an independent study like this. Now we have it. Although it does have some limitations, it certainly brings up some interesting points.Although other studies comparing scanners have been […]
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The long awaited Programill One may be just around the corner. Announced 3 years ago, the chairside mill from Ivoclar Digital had a bumpy start and ultimately was pulled from released. This was due to all sorts of issues with the mill performing to standard and now these concerns have been sorted out.So the question […]
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To all our viewers, partners and friends throughout the world: The spread of COVID-19 continues to affect us all, globally. We are all together in one of the worst pandemics the world has ever seen. There is great uncertainty of what is to come in duration and consequences. Yet, we must stay strong. This crisis […]
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Align Technology, the parent company behind the popular Invisalign system and the Itero range of intraoral scanners has just acquired exocad for a reported $419 million. Wow. ExocadFor those who do not know, exocad develops 3rd party computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software. It is a fantastic and extremely powerful software for fabricating a range […]
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After 8 long years we finally hear about a brand new CEREC chairside mill. A lot of anticipation was building over the past week and the newest member of the “Prime” family was released by Sirona on Friday to a large reception. The Primescan now has a associated milling machine, named the Primemill which is […]
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