Blog Archive November 2018

Digital Dentistry is Center Stage at this years GNYDM!

Tue, 11/20/2018 - 1:30pm EST Barbara Jurim 0

The most-anticipated dental meeting in the northeast- the Greater New York Dental Meeting- is right around the corner. Held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center from November 25th-28th, it has long held the distinction of being the largest dental meeting in the United States with exhibitors from all around the globe. And there has never been more focus on digital dentistry and its future than this year’s event.

3Shape® Introduces TRIOS® AI Scanning!

Tue, 11/13/2018 - 5:05pm EST Barbara Jurim 0

To those new to the world of intraoral digital impressioning, learning to avoid capturing soft tissues has often posed one of the biggest challenges. Soft tissue artifacts slow the learning curve when first adopting digital intraoral impressioning and add to overall scanning time when impressioning has to be halted to trim undesirable soft tissue areas. Adopting different techniques, such as using an OptraGate™ and following the recommended scan strategy, have helped minimize the issue of soft tissue artifacts being captured in a digital intraoral impression.

When to TRIOS® Scan a Patient?

Mon, 11/05/2018 - 2:43pm EST Barbara Jurim 0

A lot of dentists look into purchasing an intraoral scanner and think only about the restorative workflow benefits it will provide. Sure, it will streamline the single crown workflow but there is so much more power to this digital tool than just this simple service. The concept of using your TRIOS® scanner as a diagnostic tool is so powerful and something all digital dentists need to grasp.