• Education
    • iDD Courses Overview
    • iDD Free Academy
    • Online Courses
      • 3D Printing & Design
      • CAD/CAM Materials Processing
      • CEREC Masterclass
      • Digital Implantology
      • Digital Smile Design
      • Mastering exocad
      • Mastering Medit
      • Partial Extraction Therapies
      • Transitioning to Full Digital Dentures using 3Shape Dental System
      • Ultimate All-on-X
      • Introduction to Implant Dentistry – Online Course
      • El Único Paquete Auténtico del Curso de Dominio de exocad (3 Cursos – 83 Lecciones)
    • Live Courses
      • Introduction to Implant Dentistry – The Fundamentals
      • Live Patient Implant Mini-Residency
        • Patient Volunteer Application
  • Reviews
    • All iDD Reviews
    • Intraoral Scanner Reviews
    • 3D Printer Reviews
    • Face Scanner Reviews
    • iDD Compares – Scanner Comparisons
    • Product Unboxings
  • Insights
    • iDD Blog
    • Podcast – Digital Dentistry Decoded
    • RAPID Email Insights
    • iDD Youtube Channel
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Educators
    • Our Team
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Emerging Market Pricing Application
  • Sign In
  • iDD Lab Services

The Official iDD Blog

world leader in unbiased and objective digital dentistry reviews and education

IDS, News, RAYFace

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 ...

Read More
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, or ...

Read More
3D Printing, CAD/CAM, News

Understanding STL, PLY, and OBJ Files in Digital Dentistry

As we enter an explosive new era in dentistry, the digital revolution is fundamentally changing the landscape of the profession. No longer is there a need for traditional impressions using alginate or polyvinyl siloxane (PVS) materials ...

Read More
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 we ...

Read More
3D Printing, CAD/CAM, Expos, Ivoclar, News, TRIOS

Highlights from the New Zealand Dental Expo 2023

With over 60 manufacturing and supply companies and more than 100 exhibition booths, dental professionals from all over New Zealand gathered at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland this past weekend.Not only was our very own ...

Read More
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 generation ...

Read More
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, techs, ...

Read More
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 company ...

Read More
Implants, News, X-Guide

X-Guide Review: Is Dynamic Navigation the Next Big Thing in Implantology?

Guided implantology systems are making some waves in digital implantolgy. Although they have been around for some time, we are seeing more of these products being released on the market lately - especially at IDS 2023. ...

Read More
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 Runyes. ...

Read More
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 it ...

Read More
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 ...

Read More
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 ...

Read More
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 less ...

Read More
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 ...

Read More
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 ...

Read More
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 beginners ...

Read More
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.We ...

Read More

Page [tcb_pagination_current_page] of [tcb_pagination_total_pages]

First

Previous

Next

Last

  • 9 Hillary Court, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand
  • +1 (844) 983‑3338‬
  • support@instituteofdigitaldentistry.com

Online Courses

Intraoral Scanning

Digital Implantology

Dental 3D Printing

Dental Photography

CAD Software + Design

Material Processing & Finishing

Aligners and Nightguards

Digital Smile Design

Digital Dentures

Menu

Live Courses

Online Courses

Blog

About

Contact

Terms

Refund

Privacy Policy

Get The Latest In Digital Dentistry

Be the first to know industry insights, new product launches and topical digital dentistry information.

Sign Up Now

Click here to see if our emerging market discounts apply to you.

© 2025 Institute of Digital Dentistry, all rights reserved.

>