Author: Dr. Alain Souchet
For the past six months, I’ve been using daily the new iTero Element Scanner. It has been part of my digital evolution as I have been an avid user of the first version 2.5 of the iTero intraoral scanner since February 2011. The latest version is faster and simpler. Here are the reasons I like it.
Use and Ergonomics:
- The touchscreen is easy to use as it works like a smartphone
- I can zoom, rotate and manipulate the onscreen 3D image with two-fingers while explaining to the patient
- The IOSim (Invisalign® Outcome Simulator) works like an apps. It is for me the BEST feature of the scanner
- No foot pedal to worry about
- It can be easily moved around the practice
- More and more patients find it “normal” in a digital era
Precision:
- The quality of digital impression is more accurate than a PVS one (Polyvinyl siloxane)
- Scans can be retouched in front of the patient
- Refinements are fast and easy
- Consequently the lab never asks for a second impression
- I don’t have to subject my patients to an uncomfortable mouthful of “gooey dough”
Workflow:
- The workflow with Invisalign is very fast
- I can have a complete, full-mouth impression in under 10 minutes, even 5 minutes
- STL file are available and transmittable through aligntech.com to third-party labs
- No impression shipping delays to worry about
- Great Align Technology support
It is a valued communication system to interface with patients, and moreover a great showing-and-selling tool. It is part of my orthodontics practice and I do not see any going back.
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