3Shape’s Dental System£ 2012 introduces a variety of scanner/software combinations so that labs, regardless of their size or business model, can find suitable CAD/CAM tools to match their business needs and ambitions. 3Shape recently declared a new mission called “Helping Labs to Help Their Dentists” and, true to their word, Dental System£ 2012 is packed with many valuable service opportunities that labs can offer their dentist-clients.
Copenhagen, December 12, 2011 – 3Shape A/S, a user-acclaimed worldwide leader in 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions, has released its next generation Dental System£ 2012 to the market.
For the first time, Dental System£ 2012 offers 3 different scanner models and Standard or Premium software versions in order to provide a flexible and scalable solution that can be matched to labs of any size or business model with upgrade possibilities for future requirements. 3Shape offers a wide range of new digital workflows and communication tools designed to help labs expand their range of services to dentists.
“In today’s competitive climate, labs that shift from production-only to service-provider profiles are winning market-share. With Dental System£ 2012, 3Shape is bringing labs solutions designed to help them build new services and stronger business relationships with their dentists,” states Tais Clausen, CTO at 3Shape.
3Shape calls its solutions “timeless” because their innovation never rests and they continue to provide major feature-packed upgrades for their users every year. 3Shape backs its Dental System users with an extensive support network and complete training package.
These are only some of the Dental System 2012 groundbreaking features:
- 3Shape Communicate£ - Integration to advanced communication tools that enable labs to send their dentist-clients 3D design visualizations for use in their discussions with the lab as well as with their patients. The complete version and final availability conditions will be ready during the forthcoming months.
- ModelBuilder£- Allows technicians to design lab models for an extensive range of indications, including implant models, directly from intraoral scans and conventional impression scans.
- TRIOS® integration enables labs to receive TRIOS digital impression scans from the clinic directly into their Dental System Inbox£
- Texture Scanning - Enhances visualization of surface details and allows technicians to include hand-drawn design guidance markings in the digital design (Texture scanning is available on D800/810 scanners).
- Dynamic Virtual Articulator - Support for the market’s most widely recognized articulators, providing an optimal user-experience. With Occlusion Compass functionality, the colors of contact points are mapped to specific occlusion movements.
- Temporaries and Diagnostic Wax-ups - A revolutionary workflow solution for producing temporary crowns and diagnostic wax-ups (including Virtual Prep, Virtual Gingiva, CAD Temporaries and Virtual Diagnostic Wax-up design).
- Align & Re-use design - Using 3Shape’s Align & Reuse technology, designs for the Virtual Diagnostic Wax-up and Temporary can be reused directly when designing the final crown.
- Multilayer Design - Enables highly productive bridge design for pressing or combinations of milled glass-ceramics and Zirconia. Automatically splits full anatomy designs into two true and entire parts, without undercuts or lost areas.
- Improved SmileComposer£ - Optimized auto-placement of crowns and morphing to preparation.
- Advanced Telescope design - Completely new software for optimized creation of telescopic crowns, including sophisticated primary telescope modeling and improved edge design.
Powerful entry-level scanner from 3Shape
3Shape’s new D500 model and impression scanner is built on 3Shape’s advanced scanning technologies for full and accurate capture. The D500 is designed specifically to cover the needs of labs seeking to enter the digital arena with the latest and best technologies. 3Shape additionally offers the full-indication D700 and D800 scanners with 5.0 MP and texture scanning capabilities for medium to large
sized labs.
Dental System£ 2012 is available at 3Shape Resellers from today. Actual availability to end-users will depend on the specific system configuration. Please contact your local 3Shape supplier, or visit www.3shapedental.com <http://www.3shapedental.com> regarding reseller information.
About 3Shape
3Shape A/S is a Danish company specializing in the development and marketing of 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions designed for the creation, processing, analysis and management of high-quality 3D data for application in complex manufacturing processes. 3Shape envisions the age of the “full digital dental lab,” and its more than 120 developers provide superior innovation power toward reaching this goal. 3Shape’s flexible solutions empower dental professionals through automation of real workflows, and its systems are applied in thousands of labs in more than 70 countries worldwide, putting 3Shape technologies at the peak of the market in relation to units produced per day by dental technicians. 3Shape is a privately-held company headquartered in Copenhagen, with the market’s largest team dedicated to scanner and software development for the dental segment based in Denmark and Ukraine, production facilities in Poland, and Sales and Support Offices in New Jersey, USA and Shanghai, China. For further information regarding 3shape, please refer to www.3shapedental.com.