The Easiest Pathway To Begin Digital Dentistry

Keep basic impression-taking systems the same.

Evaluate preps and impressions while the patient is still in the office. Scanning impressions will allow you to catch and correct preparation or impression uncertainties, and make corrections before dismissing your patient.

Optimal clinical information capture: while sub-gingival information can sometimes be difficult to obtain with intraoral scanners, it is easier to obtain with conventional impressions and then digitizing the impressions.

Improved accuracy: Scanning impressions can provide increased accuracy over sending conventional impressions to the lab and in some cases, a scanned impression can be more accurate than an IOS.

• Alginates impressions can be scanned immediately chairside; precision scanning of fresh impressions avoids potential distortions of impressions during shipping.
• Triple Trays can be scanned, which delivers an articulated scan to the lab, eliminating articulation errors. 
  
  

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• Full arch impressions for appliances and dentures are more accurate when scanned in desktop scanners as opposed to IOS impressions that are captured intraorally.

Take advantage of savings with our lab when opting for model-free restorations. Most labs, Burbank Dental Lab included offer discounts for model-free digital cases. An optical scan of the impression gives you the same advantage as an IOS impression when it comes to what the lab receives, and the benefits available.

Reduced turnaround time.

A clinician has the option to mark margins prior to sending to the lab, thus eliminating guesswork by the lab in trimming margins.