Lab Tribune Middle East & Africa No. 1, 2022
Dentsply Sirona and 3Shape expand their strategic partnership with seamless connectivity for dentists and dental labs / “Digital technologies are fundamentally changing the dynamics of our industry”
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www.dental-tribune.me
January-February 2022 | No. 1, Vol. 12
Dentsply Sirona and 3Shape expand their
strategic partnership with seamless
connectivity for dentists and dental labs
By Dentsply Sirona
Dentsply Sirona’s intraoral Primescan and Omnicam scanners now
integrate directly with 3Shape’s lab
software, delivering better workflows
and patient outcomes.
Dentsply Sirona and 3Shape have
taken the next step according to
their agreement and now provide
a seamless and secure integration
of Dentsply Sirona’s Connect Case
Center with 3Shape’s Dental System
software. Dentists using Primescan
or Omnicam intraoral scanners for
digital impression-taking can now
give dental labs secure access to
the data through the Connect Case
Center Portal. That makes it easy and
“Digital impressions facilitate communication. After scanning I can
discuss the digital model directly
with my patient. And because I now
can communicate with the lab technician seamlessly, I can share the
planned outcome with my patient
much quicker – and that is a benefit
to the patient that matters,” said
Dr. Sabrina Hoffmann, a dentist in
Buerstadt, Germany. “What we are
experiencing today is truly the dentistry of the future.”
Last June, both companies announced an agreement between the
two companies designed to improve
digital dentistry and oral health. The
goal is to support the dental community through the evolution of efficient, simplified, and digitally orient-
The partnership between Dentsply Sirona and 3Shape has become even more beneficial for customers thanks to a seamless connection between Primescan, Omnicam and 3Shape Labs.
3Shape’s lab software users are future proofing their business by joining the digital revolution in dentistry.
3Shape dental labs can now more easily communicate and exchange data with their customers using Dentsply
Sirona’s Primescan.
efficient for dental technicians using 3Shape’s software to work more
closely with their dental practice
partners.
The new interfaces are available to
dental laboratories that use 3Shape’s
Dental System and have upgraded to
Version 2021.2.
“I always want to give a patient the
treatment I feel is best for them.
When companies like Dentsply
Sirona and 3Shape choose to work
together, it gives all dentists and lab
owners more opportunities, and that
means better outcomes for our patients,” said Dr. Alan Jurim, owner of
integrated DENTAL (Woodbury, NY).
With integrated hardware and software, even highly complex treatments can be efficiently planned
and executed. Simplifying digital
workflows results in a closer working
relationship between labs and their
dentist partners.
ed workflows for dentists and dental
technicians. As a first step, users of
3Shape’s TRIOS intraoral scanner
gained validated and seamless access
to Dentsply Sirona’s SureSmile Clear
Aligners platform, which makes it
much easier for 3Shape’s customers
to offer patients a leading solution
for treating malocclusions.
Primescan is a gateway to many digital lab workflows. Users now benefit from a seamless connection to
3Shape lab software.
Due to the different approval and registration times, not all technologies
and products are immediately available in all countries.
Both companies are now focusing
on expanding customer access to
an even wider range of technology
choices.
More information about Primescan
is available on the Dentsply Sirona
Website: www.dentsplysirona.com/
primescan
More information about 3Shape’s Lab
software is available on the 3Shape
website: www.3shape.com/en/promo/dentsply-sirona-connect
Find out more by
scanning the QR code.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Alan Jurim: “This collaboration gives all
dentists and lab owners more opportunities, and that means better outcomes for
our patients.”
Dentsply Sirona
21st Floor, The Bay Gate Tower
Business Bay, Al Sa’ada Street
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel.: +971 (0)4 523 0600
Web: dentsplysirona.com/en
E-mail: MEA-Marketing@dentsplysirona.com
Dr. Sabrina Hoffmann: “Being able to
communicate with the lab technician
seamlessly makes it possible for me to
share the planned outcome with my patient much quicker.”
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LAB TRIBUNE
Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | 1/2022
“Digital technologies are fundamentally
changing the dynamics of our industry”
An interview with master dental technician Stephan Kreimer
By Iveta Ramonaite, Dental Tribune
International
Stephan Kreimer is a master dental
technician who runs a dental laboratory in Warendorf in Germany.
Since he developed an interest in
technology early on, Kreimer was
always eager to integrate dental
technologies into his workflow.
Now, more than a decade later, innovative technologies such as CAD/
CAM, CNC milling and 3D printing
are shaping his work and offer increased efficiency. In this interview
with Dental Tribune International,
Kreimer shares his journey from a
conventional to a digital laboratory
and weighs up the advantages of
investing in an in-house 3D printer.
Mr Kreimer, when did you first
start working in the dental field,
and what led you to a career in dentistry?
Technology has always been an interest of mine. Since 2009, I have
been able to combine this interest in technology with dentistry
through my education in dental
technology. At the time, my parents were operating a conventional
dental laboratory in Germany that
made little use of digital technologies such as CAD/CAM.
After completing my master’s in
dental technology, I took over as
managing director of our family
laboratory. I was betting strongly
on innovative technologies such
as CNC milling and 3D printing and
closed collaborations with leading
manufacturers, including 3Shape
and Formlabs. Smartly combining the passion for aesthetics and
craftsmanship, which is inherent
to our industry, with the enormous
potential of digital technologies is
definitely the way forward.
Your dental laboratory has eagerly
adopted digital technologies into
its workflow. Could you tell us more
about it and discuss some of the
digital solutions you are using?
It has been a journey. We started
as a conventional dental laboratory and have been operating with
traditional workflows for over 30
years. In 2009, we adopted our first
CAD software but outsourced all of
our digital production to service
providers. Things changed quickly
when we invested in our first 3D
printer, a Formlabs Form 2, in 2016.
At the time, the system was not
optimised for dentistry, but it was
clear that it had great potential.
Within the less than five years since
then, most of our customer base
has adopted intra-oral scanners and
we scaled our digital production capabilities significantly. Today, we
use an imes-icore milling machine
and multiple 3D printers that run
almost 24/7 and work with both
3Shape and exocad. Around 70% of
our customers send us digital impressions.
How did you integrate digital technologies, including 3D printing and
CAD/CAM, into your laboratory?
It was definitely through trial and
error. Especially in the early days,
which was just a few years back,
3D printing was not well optimised
for a dental workflow. Interfaces to
materials, software and other workflow requirements have not been
coordinated well between different
manufacturers. This has led to the
formation of a highly active international community of dental technicians who exchange through social media what they have learned.
Personally, I’ve learned a lot from
my peers around the world, and
I’m equally giving back to the community and the manufacturers.
Dentistry is at the intersection of
multiple disciplines, and we need to
have good communication to make
progress.
The rate of innovation in digital
dentistry is extremely high. We
now see manufacturers coordinating much better and creating
more accessible ecosystems that
are much easier to use. At the same
time, most of the potential is still
untapped and will become apparent as we undergo significant transformations within our industry.
Fig. 1: Master dental technician Stephan Kreimer believes that digital technologies such as 3D printing will help establish new standards of care in dentistry and create new business models.
Having worked with digital technology for over a decade now, what
benefits do you see of using dental
technology, especially 3D printing,
in a dental laboratory?
To me, dental technology is about
combining the best of two worlds:
analogue and digital. We still need
and will continue to need traditional craftsmanship to meet the high
requirements for individualised
aesthetics in complex cases. At the
same time, the holistic digital workflow works well in an increasing
number of areas, enabling significant increases in efficiency while
maintaining or improving overall
quality. Digital fabrication in particular enhances production speed
and reproducibility.
Dentistry is constantly evolving.
What lies ahead for dentistry, and
what dental technology is most
likely to shape its future?
In my view, we are now at a point
where most of the industry understands and embraces the vast
potential of digital technologies. At
the same time, we are just about to
move from an early adopter stage
to the early majority stage when
it comes to the adoption of digital
technologies. In Germany, for example, only 15% of dental practices
are using intra-oral scanners, much
less than in the US. However, the
trend towards digital impressions
is accelerating fast!
Fig. 2: Stephan Kreimer bought his first 3D printer back in 2016 and has significantly scaled up digital production in his dental laboratory ever since.
We are undergoing a paradigm shift
in dentistry because digital technologies are fundamentally changing the dynamics of our industry.
We will see entirely new business
models, and together we will establish new standards of care. It is an
exciting time, and for those who
embrace this change, there will be
many opportunities.
Fig. 3: 3D-printed dental appliances
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