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When Straumann acquired Alliedstar in 2023 and launched the original SIRIOS in 2024, it marked their strategic return to the intraoral scanner market after years of arguably underwhelming performance with the Virtuo Vivo. Well, one of ...
The Shining 3D Aoralscan Elite made waves in late 2024 as the world's first intraoral scanner with built-in "photogrammetry" capabilities. It was bold, innovative, and frankly, one of the best scanner releases of that year. So, ...
When Medit launched the original i900 in 2024, it represented their ambitious entry into the premium scanner segment. While the scanner delivered great performance, the capacitive touch controls proved problematic for many clinicians, myself included. Also, ...
Let's start this review with something that might surprise those familiar with my previous publications over the years - the iTero Lumina has genuinely changed my perspective on Align Technology's scanner offerings. I did not expect ...
The Alliedstar Sensa represents a transformation for the company, marking their most ambitious product launch since Straumann's acquisition in 2023. Having extensively reviewed both the AS260 and AS200E in the past, I was interested to see ...
Straumann's re-entry into the intraoral scanner market with the SIRIOS represents an intriguing development, especially following their acquisition of Alliedstar and the resulting integration of technologies. As one of the largest companies in dentistry, it is ...
The Alliedstar AS260 represents an interesting evolution in the intraoral scanner market, particularly following Straumann's acquisition of Alliedstar last year and the release of the Sensa just last month.This strategic acquisition has allowed Straumann to expand ...
The Helios 500 by Eighteeth represents an interesting shift in the intraoral scanner market. Entering at a price point that would have been considered impossible just a few years ago. At an RRP of around $5,000 ...
In the rapidly evolving world of digital dentistry, 3Shape has been a main player for a long time. Thanks to their highly regarded TRIOS line of intraoral scanners. Since the introduction of the first TRIOS scanner ...
The Institute of Digital Dentistry’s Intraoral Scanner Awards 2024 As IDS 2025 approaches and the dental world eagerly anticipates the next wave of innovations, it's time for our annual look back at the most impactful intraoral ...
Lets talk about the TRIOS 3 (2024 update) and TRIOS Core by 3Shape... In an intriguing market shift, in 2024, 3Shape has entered the more budget-friendly scanner segment with two rebranded versions of their proven TRIOS ...
The Medit i900 represents an intriguing shift in Medit's market strategy. For years, Medit has been known as the company that democratized digital dentistry - their i500 and subsequent i600/i700 series revolutionized the scanner market by ...
In the fast-paced world of digital dentistry, Medit has been one of the market leaders for some time. With the launch of the i900, their intraoral scanner lineup now consists of five scanners. This latest addition ...
Just when we thought the intraoral scanner market couldn't get any more interesting, Shining 3D launched what might be one of the most innovative scanners of 2024 - the Aoralscan Elite. In a busy year that ...
The Primescan 2 by Dentsply Sirona sets a new industry standard as the only cloud-native intraoral scanner in the world, potentially revolutionizing how dental practices handle, work with and share scan data.What does this mean? The ...
The DEXIS IS 3800W is one of 8 different wireless intraoral scanners currently on the market, including TRIOS 5, Medit i700, the AS 200E and the recently released Primescan 2. Carestream Dental released this scanner (previously ...
The Panda Smart IOS is a low-cost and very lightweight intraoral scanner (IOS). The company that makes this scanner is Freqty Technology and is based in China, in Ningbo, which seems to be like the Silicone ...
Aoralscan 3 Wireless by Shining 3D is one of the most popular intraoral scanners (IOS) from China. It is a scanner I have been asked to review countless times, and I am glad to (finally) be ...
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