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SHOW
REVIEW
40th International Dental Show • Cologne • 14–18 March 2023
Impressions
Aesthetic solutions
Products in focus
Over the course of five days, IDS offered
visitors the opportunity to see and try out the
most current innovations in dentistry.
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CAD/CAM BLOCK at its booth.
Complete digital workflows, sustainability and
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Thousands attend centenary of the world’s leading dental show.
n IDS, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, was
held from 14 to 18 March. According to organiser Koelnmesse,
around 120,000 visitors from 162 countries attended, 60% from
abroad. Like usual, attendance by EU countries, particularly Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Romania and
Greece, was high. In addition, there were many visitors from
Asia, South America, the US and Canada. In total, 1,788 companies from 60 countries exhibited at the show. These included
433 exhibitors from Germany.
A visitor survey showed that visitors’ overall assessment of
IDS 2023 was positive. Over 80% were very satisfied with the
event, 83% praised the comprehensive showcase and almost
90% would recommend visiting IDS to their business partners.
Furthermore, 84% of the respondents were satisfied with the
IDSconnect digital platform and its additional offers.
Mark Stephen Pace, chairman of the board of directors of
the Association of the German Dental Industry, commented:
“IDS 2023 was a success across the board, and at the same time,
it proved that even after 100 years it is still reinventing itself
and developing further. IDS has once again confirmed that it is
a world-leading trade fair. The quality of the visitors was sensational. Together with Koelnmesse, we will successfully lead IDS
into the second century of the event’s history with energy, ambition, creativity and vision. This year’s slogan of ‘100 years of
IDS—shaping the dental future’ reflects the outstanding importance of the trade fair today and in the future.”
Chief Operating Officer of Koelnmesse Oliver Frese added:
“Over five days, we experienced an IDS that more than lived up
to its claim as a leading international hub. This gives the global
dental industry the necessary impetus for the coming months
and, at the same time, underlines the global appeal that ema-
nates from IDS. The result of the event is all the more remarkable as the geopolitical framework conditions are currently a
challenge.”
The overall feedback from the exhibitors was very positive
too. Fred Freedman, vice president of member services at the
Dental Trade Alliance and president of International Dental
Manufacturers, stated: “IDS is the largest and best international
dental meeting in the world. The 2023 IDS can be summed up
in one sound bite: IDS is back. With the enormous crowds and
thousands of international distributors and visitors, this is a
must for all US manufacturers and companies looking for new
international business.”
Simon Campion, president and CEO of Dentsply Sirona, concluded: “It was important for us as a company to be back on-site
and meet our customers in person because that makes a difference. Under the motto ‘United for better dentistry’, we offered
our visitors a programme with 40 hours of live demonstrations
and hands-on training. In addition, we made clear statements on
the topics of digitalisation and sustainability with our panel discussions. We can positively impact the lives of millions of patients. We can only do this through mutual exchange and closer
collaboration.”
In an interview with Dental Tribune International, Stanley
Bergman, CEO and chairman of the board of Henry Schein, mentioned that “one of the highlights in attending IDS is the opportunity to tour the exhibit hall, preview the vast array of new
technologies and products being showcased and meet with
many of our Team Schein members representing our businesses across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Attending IDS also provides an opportunity to meet with our
supplier partners and to speak with our customers—dentists
and other dental professionals—and together discover the latest innovations and advancements in the field”.
He continued: “Many of these products and technologies are
designed to make dental procedures easier and more efficient,
leading to better patient care and satisfaction. This includes
easy-to-use clinical digital workflow solutions fostering open architecture and product interoperability, advancements in 3D
printing and resources to enhance workflow management, systems and product integration. That’s why it is so motivating to
experience first-hand the reaction of dental practitioners to our
company’s rich line-up of activities promoting technology advances in dentistry, a wide range of value-added services and
educational insights from industry and professional thought
leaders.”
Trends in 2023 and beyond
Two topics stood out at this year’s IDS: completely digital
workflows and sustainability. Furthermore, a considerable number of companies showcased artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Straumann, for example, introduced a new software solution for its Virtuo Vivo intra-oral scanner which will improve
the speed and accuracy of digital impression taking. Intra-oral
scans are the entry point for digital workflows and will be automatically connected to the Straumann AXS platform and various services in the future.
Following its recently established partnership with Smilecloud,
Straumann launched its smile design and centralised collaboration platform developed by dentists for dental professionals
in selected European markets. Smilecloud allows clinicians to
design virtual mock-up smiles for patients.
Straumann also launched its first dynamic surgical navigation system to perform implant treatment in a fully digital workflow. Straumann Falcon will be available in select European
countries.
ClearCorrect launched an array of new innovations to help
dentists treat complex cases. Included in the launch were improvements to ClearCorrect’s aligner via an enhanced end-toend workflow that allows dentists to efficiently treat patients
who have missing or erupting teeth with pontics, bars and
guides. In addition, ClearCorrect launched the ClearCorrect
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Sync mobile app, allowing dentists to quickly set up patient profiles to create new cases.
In addition, GC announced the launch of two new solutions
during IDS: the next generation of the company’s dedicated dental laboratory scanners—the Aadva Lab Scanner 3—and the new
Aadva IOS 200 intra-oral scanner.
GC says that it has set new standards in digital workflows
with the introduction of the Aadva IOS 200, which uses a new
stereo matching technology known as four-dimensional regression and has been designed specifically to help dental clinicians
overcome scanning challenges such as reflections, saliva and translucencies. According to GC, the technology provides a strong
and robust method for calculating 3D images.
Because the Aadva IOS 200 uses stereo technology for its
3D measurement, a much slimmer, smaller and lighter scanner
handpiece, weighing just 120 g, is possible. This results in enhanced ease of use for the dentist, greater comfort for the patient and easier access to not only areas difficult to reach—such
as the distal molar region—but also paediatric dentition and dentition in patients with limited mouth opening. The autoclavable
tip (weighing about 30 g) assures full cross-infection control
compliance.
With AI-based object recognition, the new Aadva Lab Scanner 3 identifies what has been placed in it and automatically
makes the necessary adaptation for an optimal scan without
any user handling. Its AI system-guided automated workflows
aim to provide greater peace of mind.
In addition to these features, the scanner is equipped with
two high-resolution cameras and an advanced 3D sensor that
contribute to optimal data acquisition and ensure a high accuracy of 4 µm and an extremely fast scanning time of 12 seconds
for a full arch (measured with deactivated colour scanning).
AI software creator Pearl announced during IDS that it
would be bringing its Practice Intelligence AI solution to Europe
soon. This software uses dental radiographs and treatment data
of a practice’s patient population to offer actionable insights, in
addition to an array of reporting tools and performance analytics.
Practice Intelligence improves clinical productivity and performance by analysing and optimising existing dental practice
operations. CEO of Pearl Ophir Tanz commented, “In bringing
the full breadth of AI’s capabilities and benefits to more dental
practices around the world, we proudly continue to serve our
mission of revolutionising the standard of dental care on a
global scale.”
Based on the extensive upgrade and rebranding, Imagoworks plans to expand its business to include implant crowns,
bridges, inlays, onlays and dentures. Additionally, Imagoworks
aims to strengthen its cooperation with global dental enterprises such as Medit to achieve a fully integrated AI-driven
digital dentistry workflow employing 3D scanners and processing equipment.
Youngjun Kim, CEO of Imagoworks, remarked: “Dentbird
Crown is the result of the passion of our AI software experts
who worked endlessly and sought advice from dentists and den-
The announcement of the international expansion of Practice
Intelligence follows the global success of Pearl’s real-time pathology detection software, Second Opinion. In 2021, it received
clearance as an assistive tool for use in dental radiology from
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration and New Zealand’s Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority. The
software has also received US Food and Drug Administration
clearance.
After a large-scale update, Imagoworks released Dentbird
Crown (formerly 3Dme Crown) at IDS 2023. This online AI-based
automatic crown design software has been trained through
deep learning of high-quality clinical big data. The recent update focused on improving the shape of the crown based on this
training data. Various new features for enhanced usability and
convenience were also added, including a modification feature,
server expansion, interface improvement and CAM software interoperability. Users can now experience a faster and more intuitive crown design workflow than ever before.
tal technicians.” He added: “We are excited to have improved the
intuitive and automated workflow, from uploading scan data to
crown design and CAM. Imagoworks will be very attentive to
our users so that dental professionals around the world can provide more convenient and accurate treatment to patients.”
“It was a pleasure to experience the breeze of innovation
blowing at IDS,” Pace summed up. “The huge driving force of
[the German industry’s] research and development departments
was demonstrated here. Direct comparison at the leading product show of the dental industry is providing them with a tailwind and pushing them to new spheres. I am already looking
forward to IDS 2025.”
The 41st IDS is scheduled to take place from 25 to 29 March
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1 Crowds gathered to check out Renfert’s latest 3D-printing and Plug & Print technologies. 2 Florian Mack, managing partner of SAM Präzisionstechnik, presented AxioSnapMount system. (© Robert Strehler) 3 Curaden presented its comprehensive range
of oral care products. 4 Ivoclar turned 100 at IDS 2023, celebrating a century of innovation. (© Robert Strehler) 5 The minilu booth and products were a colourful departure from the clinical feel of the fair, delighting attendees. 6 Visitors could examine,
test and consult on DETAX’s one-stop-shop. (© Robert Strehler) 7 Under the motto “THE BEST, BY DESIGN—intelligent & sustainable solutions”, Dürr Dental showcased sustainable products and solutions based on artificial intelligence for everyday practice.
8 A visitor to COLTENE gets a hands-on demonstration. 9 Exocad presented new software releases. 10 Rapid Shape provided clinicians the chance to see models produced with their materials in various stages of production. 11 Dr Robert Gaudin (middle) of Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany received a NeoScan 1000 intra-oral scanner for outstanding achievements in dentistry. The scanner was awarded by Dental Tribune International’s CEO Torsten Oemus (left) and Neoss CEO Dr Robert
Gottlander (right). (© Robert Strehler) 12 SprintRay’s global brand ambassador, Usain Bolt, an Olympic champion and world record holder in the 100 m sprint, joined the company’s press conference. (© SprintRay) 13 Dentaurum showed that when it comes
to making and scanning models, clinicians have some novel options. 14 Visitors gathered from across the globe and represented all specialties within and quite a few adjacent to dentistry. 15 GC encouraged visitors to try their products as part of their
preferred workflow. 16 Few industry conferences provide attendees the opportunity to experience procedures first hand, but EMS made it happen. 17 Over 120,000 people attended IDS in 2023. (© Robert Strehler) 18 Orangedental presented its open
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Golnar Abivardi, founders of vVARDIS welcomed visitors curious about their biomimetic technology. (© Robert Strehler) 26 Experiencing virtual reality at IDS. (© Robert Strehler) 27 There
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“The edelweiss CAD/CAM BLOCK certainly created a buzz”
Optimal integration of function and aesthetics with solutions from edelweiss dentistry.
n Pioneering Austrian manufacturer
edelweiss dentistry presented its aesthetic solutions at this year’s IDS
and had a successful and interactive
time at the trade fair. The company
boasts the only biomechanical direct
veneer system that overcomes the
disadvantages of the organic fillers
normally used in composite veneers
and at IDS presented its newest development: the edelweiss CAD/CAM
BLOCK, particularly its unique i-BLOCK
for implant restorations. In addition,
edelweiss dentistry showcased the
edelweiss PEDIATRIC CROWN, the
only natural-looking and minimal
preparation crown on the market for
use in children.
The edelweiss CAD/CAM BLOCK
is a unique block that is created
through a patented laser sintering
and vitrification process to produce
a single glass phase. The block has
the aesthetics of pure glass ceramics,
the strength of particle-filled ceramics
and the resilience of natural dentine.
The edelweiss CAD/CAM BLOCK
has several advantages compared
with other blocks on the market. Owing to the material’s glass-like property, the final restoration only needs
to be polished with a linen buff, significantly speeding up finishing and
polishing. No additional firing or glazing is needed, saving time and money.
“This newest block from edelweiss
dentistry was one of the highlights of
IDS 2023. Many industry representatives, dentists and dental technicians
milled the edelweiss CAD/CAM BLOCK
on-site and couldn’t believe the ease
with which it can be milled. Manufacturers of milling units were amazed by
the ease of polishing and the strength
of the product. The edelweiss CAD/
CAM BLOCK certainly created a buzz
and was a talking point at IDS 2023,”
said Dr Stephan Lampl, CEO and
founder of edelweiss dentistry.
He added: “Its outstanding, longlasting shine and strength make it
currently the best option for both anterior and posterior CAD/CAM restorations. This block is setting a new
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trend in the dental industry and is
certainly changing the future of
CAD/CAM blocks.”
The i-BLOCK ensures
high aesthetics and
exceptional strength
The edelweiss i-BLOCK has a
screw channel built into it that fits
into the titanium base over the implant. This allows for perfect design
of the abutment with a perfect emergence profile, making it easy to restore implants especially in the case
of immediate loading or custom abutments. The block has a unique shockabsorbing effect. Resin within the material gives the restoration the resilience to withstand any occlusal force.
This is particularly important to avoid
transmission of forces to the periodontal tissue and the implant, making the edelweiss i-BLOCK a safe option for long-lasting protection of the
implant.
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of natural teeth
Another highlight at this year’s
IDS was the edelweiss PEDIATRIC
CROWN, the only crown for children that mimics the properties of
natural teeth, is highly aesthetic and
requires minimal tooth preparation,
since stainless-steel crowns are less
aesthetically pleasing and zirconia
crowns require excessive removal of
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front of so many dentists.” German
dentist Dr Vesna Jelic, who is also a
key opinion leader for Europe, said:
“Being able to communicate with so
many dentists, resulting in them
learning from us, was very exciting.”
“Attending IDS 2023 after years
of the pandemic provided a valuable
experience for the entire edelweiss
team. The atmosphere of the event
was busy and bustling with excitement, and the show gave us the opportunity to network with industry
professionals from all over the world,”
concluded Dr Lampl.
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tooth structure. “It is also easy to use
and reduces chair time for the child,”
said Dr Desigar Moodley, chief scientific officer at edelweiss dentistry.
The edelweiss PEDIATRIC CROWN
contains zinc oxide nanoparticles and
fluoride for antibacterial properties.
It is also free of bisphenol A, making
it very safe for young patients.
The company works with several
key opinion leaders, some of whom
attended the fair to support edelweiss
dentistry with their expertise. They
were very pleased with the positive
response to the products. Dr Nikola
Podolesov, a dentist from North Macedonia and one of the company’s key
opinion leaders for Europe, commented: “It was fantastic to demon-
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n Why should dental professionals go
digital—and why would you recommend it?
I think that many dental professionals are already digital to some
extent, whether they know it or not,
because often they have very simple
intra-oral cameras, which just take
photos of the teeth, integrated into
their treatment centres that take digital images. Many dental professionals have digital radiographic units
too, and now many dentists also have
3D scanners, which are all digital.
Why should they go digital? Generally, this improves the treatment
outcome and increases the efficiency
of the practice. At the moment, in dentistry particularly, but also in many
other industries, the key bottleneck is
labour: we don’t have enough dentists
or assistants or receptionists or lab
technicians. So all over the industry,
there is a severe shortage of qualified
people. Digital helps people to become
more efficient, to produce reproducible results and to get better clinical
outcomes, but also to focus on the
core of the job, and this means the
patient and the clinical result.
I can give one very simple example, the documentation of our new
Primeprint Solution. It automatically
documents each print and allows the
dentist to simplify data storage in one
PDF file. All necessary data can be
summarised in one PDF file, which the
dentist can then use to fulfil his legal
obligations, eliminating the need to
take any notes, to have any records and
to do anything manually; all the work
is done automatically. This is exactly
what I mean. This is work which is a
waste of qualified time for the dentist
or assistant. This is where we can help.
What are the latest digital devices
and equipment Dentsply Sirona is
showcasing at IDS 2023?
Dentsply Sirona is showcasing
many new products at IDS, but let’s
go through them in the sequence
they were introduced. The first one is
Axano. It’s a dental chair, but of course,
it’s much, much more, because it is
built to ideally support the individual
way of working of each dental professional. What does that mean? It means
that as a dentist you can use three
settings, but you can basically indi-
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vidualise the whole workflow according to your requirements, working
style, training and working preferences. This helps to save time. By presetting the dental chair regarding
how you do an endodontic treatment
or how you do a restoration, you don’t
need to set the value each time, allowing you to work fluently without taking your hands off the patient because all the functions of the dental
chair can be controlled by foot. This
allows you to switch smoothly through
your preset menus. Of course, Axano
has many other excellent features,
like a massage function for the patient, but the most important is that it
combines an efficient workflow with
ergonomics.
The next product Dentsply Sirona
is showcasing at IDS is the Primeprint 3D-printing system. This is our
first 3D printer, and it was very important for us to have a fully digitalised
workflow offering a complete solution
for the dentist.
Primeprint Solution runs mostly
automatically, employing a robotic
arm that handles the printed object.
It uses the patented cartridge system
to keep the printed object enclosed so
that no chemical fumes reach the user.
The user then switches over to the
post-processing unit by pressing a
button, and that again proceeds fully
enclosed and completely automated,
producing the final washed object.
Primeprint Solution is designed for
all the common dental applications,
which start with models, then also
night guards, splints, surgical guides,
temporary restorations and mock-ups.
But there is another product I’d
like to mention, Primescan Connect,
which is a version of Primescan, our
high-performing intra-oral scanner
now available in a laptop configuration. The laptop version was requested
by many markets. This feature makes
the workflow easier and more ergonomic.
Primeprint Solution and Primescan Connect are connected to DS
Core, our cloud-based solution that
provides up to 15 TB of cloud storage.
Of course, DS Core can connect all
services and data, including radiographs, clinical photographs and case
files, and dentists can share all the
data with some clicks or access it
from wherever they are. This data
can be safely shared with partners,
with labs and with the patient. In the
future, DS Core will provide further
solutions, because the possibilities of
its use will continue to evolve.
Here at Dentsply Sirona’s IDS
booth all presented devices are connected to DS Core.
Is Primeprint Solution designed
exclusively for dental offices, or can
it also be used in dental labs?
Our first intention with Primeprint was to have a chairside solution,
but it is designed for both dentists
and dental technicians, depending on
the size and set-up of the dental lab.
For a very big lab, then I would say
that a more industrial type of product
would be needed, but for the typical
family-owned dental lab in Germany,
Primeprint is a very good solution.
The biggest advantage of Primeprint
is that it is fully automatised, so it can
run the entire printing process, including post-processing, and safely
deliver the final printed product, providing a chairside solution. This device meets so many high standards
that you could even put it in your living room.
What role does education play in transitioning dentistry to digital, and how
is Dentsply Sirona fulfilling this role?
Education is very important to
Dentsply Sirona and I think we have
all learned during the COVID-19 pandemic that we can also digitalise education a little bit more. Dentsply
Sirona offers education programmes
through the Dentsply Sirona Academy.
In our many international education
centres around the world, the largest
being in Charlotte in North Carolina
in the US and in Bensheim in Germany, we provide the knowledge,
skills and inspiration. Among the clinical educational material available on
our academy platform, we have just
published on-demand curricula.
We also offer more and more digital content on various platforms, like
YouTube, where dental practitioners
can get quick training on subjects of
interest, especially on topics related
to digital, or when they just want to
get instructions on how to do something, how to maintain a device or
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how to use certain functions. All this
information is available online.
I believe that this is the way forward, because that is exactly how we
behave in our non-professional lives.
When I needed to change the battery
in my car key, what did I do? I opened
YouTube and searched for a video on
how to do that. I didn’t open the instruction manual; I found the information online.
Dental professionals also search
for information in this way, and Dentsply Sirona is ready to provide them
with the answers they are looking for
where they are looking for it. Apart
from that, we are putting a huge focus
on user experience.
The use of digital technology is a
growing trend. What do you think the
next five to ten years will bring in
terms of new products or workflows?
Yes, I think that in the coming
years the use of digital technology
will still be a growing trend.
What we are now seeing is that
digitalisation is moving quicker and
quicker, producing a huge amount of
data, and this will make it mandatory
to move things into the cloud, same as
we saw with office software or in many
other industries. Moving to the cloud
will give us not only unlimited storage
but also unlimited computing power,
which then, of course, will enable
things like artificial intelligence in
support of the dentist. I would expect
then bigger breakthroughs in diagnostics to help the dentist to do an initial
diagnosis and create a treatment plan
to solve the problem identified.
I think that design of dental restorations will be much more automised
and that these services which are still
done manually will become more and
more generic. This biogeneric technol-
ogy is already known to CEREC users,
but will evolve and become define a
new standard way of working. Today,
you can imagine that automation will
move further and further and reduce
the need for the dentist to amend the
final design, making results reproducible.
I believe that another important
area is outcome simulation. A very
important part of dentists’ work is
communicating with their patients
about the outcome of the treatment
planned. We can see that very well at
the moment for aligner treatments. A
number of companies offer an outcome simulator, which shows patients
how their teeth will look after aligner
treatment. Of course, this has to be
transferred to other treatments to enable dentists to show patients’ their
smiles after treatment and give them
a treatment choice.
The last area I would like to mention is equipment efficiency to keep
everything well maintained and to increase uptime and reduce downtime.
Treatment management and remote
servicing are other areas which we
are actively working on. We can see
the first results in DC Core already
today, and this will reduce service
costs significantly. We will increase
the number of cases for which we can
fix any issue remotely, without sending a service engineer to the dental
practice, which means that the dentist can continue working. We will enable bigger structures, like dental service organisations, to manage their
fleet and make sure that all their facilities are running and service their
dentists well.
That is in a nutshell what I expect,
but of course, there is much more. But
there is also a natural limit to what can
be done in a certain amount of time. 7
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Artificial intelligence: A gift to dentists
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Dr Kyle Stanley explains the benefits of artificial intelligence technology in dentistry.
n The May 2019 edition of The
Atlantic magazine contained an article titled “The truth about dentistry”.
In it, the author visualised dentists—
not a particular dentist but dentists
in the abstract—as sinister authority
fi gures looming over the helpless
patient’s recumbent form, drill in
hand. Mistrust permeated the scene
like swamp fog. “When he points at
spectral smudges on an X-ray,” the
author pleads, “how are we to know
what’s true?”
Then there was the Dustin Hoffman movie Marathon Man with its
Nazi dentist-cum-torturer, and the
famous—or, if you’re a dentist, notorious—1997 Reader’s Digest article by
a writer who visited 50 dentists in
28 states, picking them at random
out of the Yellow Pages, and was
given treatment plans ranging in
cost from under US$500 to nearly
US$30,000. That one really hit a
nerve, so to speak.
Dentists have had their share of
bad rap, but still, the experience of
the Reader’s Digest writer was probably not terribly far from the truth.
It was borne out, with eerie accuracy, by a 2021 Dental AI Council
study intended to quantify the suspected inconsistencies in dental diagnosis and treatment. The same set
of full-mouth radiographs was presented to 136 dentists, and they were
asked to provide tooth-by-tooth diagnoses and a treatment plan. A person with confidence in the scientific
basis of dentistry might naturally expect a limited amount of diversity
among the responses and would assume that the commonalities would
far outweigh the differences. Not so.
Not once did more than half of the
participants agree about the diagnosis for a given tooth. The variety of
estimated costs was almost comical,
ranging from US$300 to US$36,000—
figures strikingly similar to those
cited by the Reader’s Digest author.
Worse, the range of cost estimates
did not present as a bell curve, the
majority of responses clustered together and only a few outliers at the
extremes. Instead, the distribution
was more or less flat; the frequency
of a cost estimate of US$1,000 was
about the same as that of a cost estimate of US$10,000.
Other studies have found that dentists’ interpretation of radiographs—
the very foundation of diagnosis—
was far from reliable. Estimates of
cavity depth and recognition of radiolucencies were wrong as often as
they were right. In another study,
three dentists examined several thousand radiographs; their interpretations were in full agreement only 4%
of the time.
Houston, we have a problem
How should we account for this
lack of precision in a medical field?
Is it due to dishonesty? To greed? To
variations in skill? To honest differences of opinion? Whatever the reason, it gives dentistry a bad name. But
there is a remedy. It comes in the
form of a powerful new technology
that is already transforming many
aspects of our lives: artificial intelligence, or AI for short.
AI is an umbrella term covering
a wide range of computing techniques.
They range from “general AI”—intelligence indistinguishable from that of
a human being, in all circumstances—
to “narrow AI”, specialised programs
whose expertise is limited to a particular class of problem. Most make
use of a programming technique
called a “neural network” by loose
analogy to the structure of the human brain, and all have in common
the property of trainability. They learn
by taking in vast amounts of data of
a certain type—say, photographs of
faces or samples of text—and extracting commonalities. Once trained, an
AI program can pick out a particular
face in a crowd or write an essay or a
love poem as well as or better than
you can.
General AI is the darling of science fiction writers, but is very far
from realisation. No AI system has
anything like the broad knowledge
of all aspects of the world that a human being has, and so, for the time
being at least, we do not have to
worry about being taken over by independent-minded and malevolent robots like the notorious HAL of 2001:
A Space Odyssey. Even the comparatively limited task of safely operating
a car in an urban environment has
not yet been mastered, despite years
of effort and oceans of investment.
Narrow AIs, however, already
easily match or surpass human abilities, and they have become the tools
of choice for performing many exact-
ing tasks. Many of these involve computer vision, the analysis and recognition of objects or imagery. More
than a decade ago, it was found that
a trained AI could recognise and categorise nodules in radiographs of
cancer patients’ lungs as accurately
as a panel of oncologists could, and
much faster. Computer vision and AI
are now familiar parts of the oncological toolkit, and they are being applied to a widening array of medical
fields. One of those is dentistry.
Dentists are in an excellent position to take full advantage of AI.
There exists, to start with, a virtually limitless supply of dental radiographs for training. The radiographic
image is the coin of the realm in dentistry; patients are accustomed to
having their pathologies explained to
them with reference to the “spectral
smudges on an X-ray” evoked by The
Atlantic’s reporter. The range of
pathologies to be detected is relatively narrow, and the AI program
can not only identify them but also
quantify them with greater than human precision. The dental radiograph
is, therefore, an ideal application for
the sharp focus of narrow AI.
The second opinion—so to speak—
provided by an AI program is directly
valuable to the practitioner. The computer is hypersensitive to subtle greyscale gradations; it may detect something the human reader has overlooked. More importantly, it is never
tired, distracted or rushed and so is
not prone to the types of mistakes
and oversights that people routinely
make simply because they are human. The AI program may in many
cases simply duplicate the perceptions of the human, in which case
nothing is gained but confirmation,
but it may add information overlooked by the human or differ in its
interpretation, leading to a re-examination and re-evaluation of the evidence.
Even if these benefits may seem
minor to an experienced practitioner
confident in his or her abilities, there
is another side of the AI experience
to consider: the patient’s. The results
of the AI program’s analysis are presented to the patient in vivid, intuitively understandable form. The radiograph no longer consists merely of
spectral smudges, but has become
graphically compelling, having high-
lighted areas, colour-coded outlines
and explanatory labels. For a patient,
the enhanced display conveys a
heightened sense of precision, clarity
and objectivity. The diagnosis is no
longer just the opinion of one person,
whom a cynic might suspect of ulterior motives. It need not be taken on
faith; it is supported by the unbiased
authority of a digital computer.
While the graphic presentation
of a computed analysis may impress
a patient as something more than
human, the practitioner should be
aware that the AI program is an assistant, not a supervisor. Even though
the accuracy of AI’s radiographic
analyses in various medical fields
has been shown to be indistinguishable from that of human interpreters,
the AI program actually knows much
less about teeth (or lungs or livers)
than the trained and experienced
practitioner does. What it does know,
and knows very well, is how a large
number of specialists have interpreted a very large number of radiographs. Its findings are, in effect,
those that hundreds or thousands of
dentists would make if they were to
vote on the content of a given radiograph. Where there is not unanimous
agreement, majority opinion prevails,
or findings are presented in terms of
probabilities. The practitioner using
the AI program remains entirely free
to form a different opinion or to disregard the advice the program gives,
but has the benefit of knowing what
a large group of peers would have
made of the radiograph in question.
The most significant impact of
dental AI, however, is not that it necessarily brings a superhuman level
of certainty to the data upon which
diagnoses are based—although in most
cases it may—but that it provides, for
the first time, an objective and universally accessible standard of reference. Objective standards are precisely the thing that dentistry has
lacked in the past, and their absence
has given rise to suspicions about
the candour and consistency of dental diagnoses. Look at the Reader’s
Digest writer: guided only by a phone
book, he collected a bewilderingly
large variety of diagnoses. If he had
visited only dental offices using an AI
assistant, he would have been given
a much smaller variety, and the differences would have been due to
small variations among the radiographs made by different practices
rather than to the whims of individual dentists or the immediate financial needs besetting them.
Consistency is not the only thing
AI brings to dentistry. It also provides
support for insurance claims and facilitates record-keeping, tracking of
patients’ dental health and comparison of performance among multiple
practices in an organisation. It trains
dentists at the same time as dentists
train it. In the future, it may reveal
connections between dental health
and general health that we do not
now suspect.
Those are some of the collateral
benefits. Above all, however, AI will
give patients the reassurance of
knowing that the condition of their
teeth is not merely a matter of opinion. 7
Editorial note: This article was published in
digital—international magazine of digital dentistry vol. 4, issue 1/2023.
About the author
Dr Kyle Stanley is a specialist in
implantology and a passionate
advocate for mental health in the
dental profession. He is founder
and chief clinical officer of Pearl,
a company transforming patient
care through artificial intelligence.
Dr Stanley maintains a private
practice in Beverly Hills in the US,
where he focuses on implant surgery and prosthetics.
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Net-zero emissions in dentistry—achievable goal or greenwashing?
Experts say that healthcare profession must be an advocate for change.
By Jeremy Booth, Dental Tribune International
n “Net zero” has become one of the
buzzwords of the climate crisis, and
experts consider the emissions reduction strategy to be the current
gold standard in sustainable business practice. Dental manufacturers
have touted net-zero commitments,
and there is a push to decarbonise
oral care services and individual
clinics. Does a net-zero commitment
represent a zero-sum game, or does
it add up for dental companies and
the dental professionals that they
serve?
Net zero differs from carbon neutrality. It considers all emissions that
are attributable to an entity, including those resulting from the supply
chain and other processes that occur
outside of direct operations. Carbon
neutrality can pertain only to carbon
dioxide emissions from specific business operations. On the one hand, becoming carbon neutral means striking a balance between emitting carbon
and having it absorbed from the atmosphere via carbon sinks—natural
systems, such as the ocean and forests, that absorb more carbon that
they emit. Emissions made in one
sector can be offset by reducing them
in another, and certification and international standards exist to verify
carbon neutral claims. Corporate netzero targets, on the other hand, can
be backed by the Business Ambition
for 1.5 °C scheme and its Corporate
Net-Zero Standard, which requires
companies to make long-term, holistic commitments that are in line with
the latest climate science and the
2015 Paris Agreement. Crucially,
polluters who commit to the scheme
may not simply offset their emissions
into the ether; rather, they are required to actively and substantially
decarbonise their entire value chain
and offset any emissions that remain.
The Science Based Targets initiative
(SBTi), which governs the scheme,
does not permit companies to make
net-zero claims until they have committed to and achieved a long-term
net-zero target.
Henry Schein, the US healthcare
giant whose dental business is one of
the world’s largest, is the only major
dental company that has committed
to the Corporate Net-Zero Standard.
Henry Schein signed up to the Business Ambition for 1.5 °C scheme in
late 2021, from which date the company has 24 months to set short- and
long-term net-zero targets for review
by the SBTi. Henry Schein’s targets
must account for its Scope 3 emissions, which are those that the company does not produce but for which
it is indirectly responsible, and must
aim for substantial carbon dioxide
reductions and net-zero emissions by
2050 or sooner.
“We recognise that with our
global environmental footprint and
unique position within an ecosystem
of relationships with suppliers and
business partners, we are uniquely
positioned to be a driving force for
sustainability in the healthcare supply chain,” Stanley M. Bergman, CEO
and chairman of the board at Henry
Schein, commented at the time in a
press release.
Of the more than 4,800 companies that have joined the initiative,
2,538 have made science-based targets and 1,779 have made a net-zero
commitment.
Align Technology, whose mainstay is the manufacture and global
distribution of clear aligner trays,
says on its website that it is investing
in energy efficient buildings and employee transportation in order to reduce emissions. Align thus far provides no data about its emissions or
concrete plans to reduce them.
In its 2021 Sustainability Report, Envista Holdings quantified its
operational emissions (Scope 1 and
Scope 2) and said that it intended to
assess and review its Scope 3 emissions. Envista, which was spun off as
a new dental company in 2019, said
at the time that identifying an environmental target, such as net-zero
standard, was an area of priority for
the young company. Dentsply Sirona
also announced in 2021 its ambition
to reach net-zero carbon emissions
(Scopes 1–3) by 2050. The company
said that its target is “in line with
globally recognised standards” but
did not detail which standards or
whether its commitment was binding.
A push for net zero in health
clinics and services
There is a drive to reach net-zero
emissions in individual dental clinics and health services that provide
oral care. The UK government, for
example, passed legislation last year
to deliver a net-zero National Health
Service (NHS), including NHS dental
care. The ambitious vision of achieving a net-zero NHS by 2040 includes
an 80% reduction in Scope 1 and
Scope 2 emissions by 2032 and slashing Scope 3 emissions by the same
fi gure by 2039. “Our intention for
these targets is to construct the most
ambitious, credible declaration to
reach net zero of any national healthcare system in the world,” the health
service declared in the Delivering a
‘Net Zero’ National Health Service report in 2022.
A forthcoming article from the
Australian Journal of General Practice, shared with Dental Tribune
International (DTI), showed that
non-clinical emissions account for
around 40% of total emissions at general medical practices in the UK and
that the remaining 60% is attributable to the clinical component. The
largest sources of non-clinical emissions were staff travel, at 22.8%, business services, at 22.5%, and patient
travel, at 18.4%.
Dr Richard Yin, co-author of the
article and chair for Western Australia of the organisation Doctors for
the Environment Australia (DEA),
told DTI: “With energy and transport
being a large component of the nonclinical emissions, at least in Australia, with our vast solar and wind
resources and with our transitioning
to electric vehicles powered by renewable energy, I think the nonclinical emissions can realistically
be substantially reduced. The clinical component, however, is largely
attributable to pharmaceuticals and
procurement. As doctors, we can minimise unnecessary treatments and
focus on low carbon treatment options but it will be necessary to put
pressure on supply chains to decarbonise. That is something that we
can advocate for but is also out of our
control.”
DEA advocates for a net-zero target for Australia’s healthcare sector,
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and Dr Yin said that the industry has
an urgent responsibility to decarbonise. “The most important reason for
the profession to take steps and be
part of the climate movement is to be
advocates for change,” he emphasised.
Speaking about net-zero targets for
individual clinics, Dr Yin said: “The
issue is to define the carbon footprint
of a dental practice and then understand how to reduce it.” Here, practice owners can engage consultancy
services, such as Glasgow-based Net
Zero Dentistry, which market a service of decarbonisation and offsetting
to practice owners.
Earnestly adopted and used, the
strength of net zero as a tool to make
dental care and manufacturing more
sustainable lies in its focus on proactively reducing emissions rather than
offsetting them and its being backed
by climate science; however, the risks
of greenwashing and ineffective carbon offsets remain. An investigation
by news outlets the Guardian and
Die Zeit, together with not-for-profit
investigative journalism organisation SourceMaterial, revealed in January that the bulk of forest carbon
offsets issued by leading certifier
Verra were largely worthless. Rainforest protection accounts for 40% of
the credits that Verra sells, and journalists found that Verra overstated
threats to its forest projects and sold
credits that had failed to reduce deforestation. Washington, DC-based
Verra, whose clients include Shell,
easyJet and Pearl Jam, disputed the
claims.
Dr Yin said that carbon offsets
were problematic and could not be relied upon for decarbonisation. “There
is no guarantee that a tree planted
today will be around in 30 years’
time. The time frame required for us
to decarbonise to avoid the worst of
climate impacts requires urgent action this decade. Nonetheless, buying offsets places carbon on a balance
sheet, and that helps keep it as a cost
that has to be addressed,” Dr Yin
said.
Currently, no artificial carbon
sinks are capable of removing carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere at the
scale that would be necessary to
achieve climate goals, and even natural sinks are struggling to keep pace
with perpetual economic growth.
“The most important reason for the profession to take steps and be
part of the climate movement is to be advocates for change.”
Dr Richard Yin, Doctors for the Environment Australia
According to the European Commission, global carbon sinks remove up
to 11 Gt of carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere every year, whereas global carbon emissions totalled 36 Gt
even in 2020, when global emissions
dipped owing to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. 7
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“Digital solutions enable improved patient
communication every step of the way”
An interview with 3DISC’s Marie-Laure Pochon and Luigi Zenere.
what you do. Utilising a digital process ensures that your crown or implant will have a better fit. Digital
solutions enable improved patient
communication every step of the way.
It also ensures a safer workflow; you
can do scans every day, two or three
times per day, with zero risk to clinician or patient. A clinician can also
keep far better track of the success
and status of patient treatment from
one visit to the next. With our scanner, you can easily check the differences between scans taken six
months ago and scans taken today.
Monitoring progress is very important for longer-term therapy. Using
a digital solution helps keep the discussion with your patients open.
Zenere: With our scanner we
have something that is called the
quality map so dentists can check the
quality of an impression before they
send it to the laboratory. Our quality
map has three easy colour schemes:
green indicates that you have enough
information, red indicates you do not
have enough information and yellow
means you are in between. With one
click, you can literally see whether
you have scanned in enough information or whether you just need to
scan a little more around the area
of interest. You don’t need to have
everything green; you can focus on
a particular area of interest or, if it is
an orthodontic issue, you can scan
the whole arch.
Marie-Laure Pochon is the CEO and president of 3DISC.
n IDS 2023 provided the perfect opportunity for thousands of companies to showcase their latest product
releases to an interested audience of
dental professionals. At the show,
Dental Tribune International spoke
with CEO and president of 3DISC
Marie-Laure Pochon and Luigi Zenere,
the company’s commercial director
for Europe, about a new intra-oral
scanner and about the value of transitioning to a digital workflow.
Ms Pochon, you have a very robust
background in both business and
engineering. How does this influence
your role at 3DISC?
Pochon: As the CEO of 3DISC, I
focus my energy on three things: The
first and foremost is research and
development, which drives the future of our company and the development of new products. My role involves considering what we need to
put on the market in order to take us
further. My second focus is on ensuring that our customers are satisfied,
and my third goal, which is just as
important, is to drive the commercial
team.
Speaking to the development of new
products, what goes into the decision-making process when a global
company like 3DISC decides to update a product or programme?
Pochon: We have a product committee that listens very closely to the
voices of our customers through our
customer service, sales and technical
departments. We combine this feedback with information from other
departments and hold regular discussions with the research and development team. Together, we build the
bricks that will take us to the next
stages of product development.
What could you say to clinicians who
are already comfortable using intraoral scanners to convince them to
switch to one of your products?
Luigi Zenere is 3DISC’s commercial director for Europe.
wants him or her to do and what the
problems are in his or her mouth.
When a patient presents at the dental clinic with one problem, often the
clinician will note other existing issues. We want to help the clinician
explain the other issues better so
that the patient can easily understand what is going on with his or
her mouth.
Zenere: In order to do so, we sell
our scanner with an iPad so that, after a preliminary examination, the
What advice would you offer to a clinician who feels overwhelmed when
transitioning from analogue options
to a digital workflow?
Pochon: Over and above the feeling of being overwhelmed, there is a
need to understand why a certain
step would be the best first step to
take. It is important to first understand that using digital options ensures that you are more accurate in
Do you have anything else you would
like to share with our readers about
3DISC?
Pochon: Our first priority at
3DISC is to provide products that are
just simple. This is key for those dentists who do not view themselves as
tech-savvy. When the technology is
really mature, the technology becomes
simple. It is much more about bringing to the dentist something which is
sufficiently simple and ready to be
used widely. 7
“Using a digital solution helps keep
the discussion with your patients open.”
Marie-Laure Pochon, 3DISC CEO
Pochon: During IDS, we launched
a second scanner called OVO, which
combines three technologies into one
product: a scanner, a 2D camera and
dedicated software that enables communication with the patient. In fact,
what we want is that dentists don’t
just use this scanner to send appliances
to the laboratories but also use it as a
clinical tool with their patients. We
want the patient to have an improved
understanding of what the clinician
practitioner can document the 2D
and 3D scans, along with comments,
an optional smile design and all monitoring data in one app on the iPad.
This can then be put in the hands of
the patient, and the patient can literally play with their own 3D rendering. If the clinician chooses to use the
smile design feature, then the patient
will be able to see the design pictures
and have a clear idea of the proposed
outcome of the planned procedure.
3DISC has named their latest scanner OVO so that its name is easily understood across many
languages. OVO indicates both its shape and the positive meaning “to shout for joy” in Latin.
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Amann Girrbach presents digital workflows
Standing out at IDS 2023 with flexible workflows, new materials and products.
1 At its booth, Amann Girrbach held presentations and training sessions providing information about the benefits of the company’s workflow solutions. (All images: © Amann Girrbach)
n True to its motto of “Connect To The
(Work-)Flow”, Amann Girrbach presented the complete fabrication chain
for dental prostheses at this year’s
IDS. The focus centred on digital workflows for dentists and laboratories
that are connected and organised
via the AG.Live cloud platform. The
company also showcased product innovations such as the revolutionary
Zolid Bion zirconia and a TPO-free
3D-printing material. The company’s
participation at the trade show included 34 presentations and training
sessions by 21 international speakers.
Amann Girrbach covers the entire dental prosthesis production
chain. Dr Wolfgang Reim, CEO of the
company, explained: “Regardless of
the indication or requirement, we offer the appropriate workflow solution
which is both simple and intuitive for
the user in the laboratory and the
dental practice. Validated workflows
ensure high process safety, reproducible results and more economical
working. All the system modules,
machines, software components and
materials are optimally matched to
each other. At the same time, the systems are sufficiently open to allow
users to remain flexible in the design
of their individual processes and to
integrate existing machines.”
The presentations and training
sessions at the company’s booth provided information about the benefits
of Amann Girrbach’s workflow solutions. All the presentations are now
available free online at academy.
amanngirrbach.com.
quality can even be fabricated chairside in a single session in the dental
practice, and customers can also opt
for a design service provided by the
laboratory. The AG.Live cloud platform plays an integral role here.
“By linking the Ceramill DRS
System to AG.Live, it is possible for
dental technicians and dentists to
share information in an uncomplicated manner and to flexibly arrange
the distribution of work,” explained
Elena Bleil, product manager at
Amann Girrbach. With AG.Live, patient cases can be managed centrally
in compliance with EU and US data
protection laws. Users can directly
exchange information such as case
files on the platform.
Linking AG.Live with Amann
Girrbach’s Ceramill machines brings
numerous benefits to the dental laboratory and practice, including process simplification, material management, software updates and support.
What’s more, AG.Live can be accessed
from any internet-enabled device. “It
was important to us to create a validated open ecosystem in which intra-oral scanners from other manufacturers can also be integrated with
ease. AG.Live also offers all the advantages of an open workflow for
creating the design of the restoration
or for commissioning complete fabrication with maximum security and
ease of use,” explained Christian Ermer, vice president of marketing and
digital at the company.
The new Zolid Bion zirconia
is revolutionising the market
At IDS, Amann Girrbach presented a new material based on its
over 15 years of experience in zirconia development and three years of
joint work with Tosoh, a specialty
materials company. The new revolutionary, high-performance zirconia
they developed is now available under the name of Zolid Bion, which advances the aesthetics of restorations
without sacrificing strength. The material features a smooth colour gradient, increased translucency in the incisal area and a consistent strength of
1,100 MPa, giving restorations an
even more natural appearance and
ensuring a safe fabrication workflow.
In addition, crowns made of Zolid
Bion can be sintered in just 45 minutes. Zolid Bion is available in 16 VITA
Ceramill DRS system and
AG.Live cloud platform for
single-visit dentistry
Through its modular Ceramill
Direct Restoration Solution (DRS)
system, Amann Girrbach provides
flexible options for straightforward
digital prosthesis fabrication workflows. Three combinable kits are available. The system offers a wide range
of options, particularly for same-day
or single-visit dentistry. With Ceramill
DRS, the laboratory can fabricate highquality restorations within a single
day. Simple restorations of excellent
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2 Amann Girrbach presented new innovations in 3D-printing materials at IDS.
shades, two bleach variants and various blank heights.
Melanie Röschmann, director of
Amann Girrbach’s global consumables business unit, enthused: “Zirconia is a CAD/CAM material par excellence. For almost two years now,
so-called 3D zirconia materials have
been increasingly appearing on the
market, and they offer some advantages with regard to aesthetics in the
area of the incisal edge. Until now,
however, compromises had to be
made in the interests of strength.
Zolid Bion has succeeded in combining aesthetics, strength and rapid sintering capability in an optimum manner. It is a real game-changer!”
Master dental technician Luis
Saraiva was also enthusiastic about
the new zirconia. He said, “As the
newest member of the Zolid family,
Zolid Bion allows us to offer an even
wider spectrum of aesthetic solutions
made of zirconia. Zolid Bion is a milestone in the field of aesthetics.”
Innovative 3D-printing
materials and fully digital
model fabrication
Amann Girrbach also presented
new innovations in 3D-printing materials at IDS as a preview of upcoming
product launches. With its own development and production of innovative
3D-printing materials, the company
is continuing to expand its professional expertise and offer users fu-
ture-oriented materials. The Ceramill
XTP materials portfolio will initially
start with a material for precise model
fabrication (Ceramill XTP Model) and
a special material for the fabrication
of thermally stable models for aligner
and retainer production (Ceramill XTP
Ortho Model).
Ceramill XTP stands for “excluding TPO”, which is the most commonly used photoinitiator for lightpolymerising dental polymers. The
European Chemicals Agency is currently considering classifying TPO as
a carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic chemical, thereby increasing its
hazardous substance classification.
An alternative photoinitiator was
therefore sought for the development
of Ceramill XTP to ensure a high
level of user safety.
Speaking about the new material
and its technical features, Falko
Noack, vice president of research and
development at Amann Girrbach, said:
“Improved material properties and
sedimentation stability contribute to
easier and faster processing. The
model materials will be available in
three shades that are well known
and established in manual model
making. The Ortho Model material is
available in a conventional blue and
is characterised by very high temperature stability, as is required for
the thermoforming process.”
In addition, Amann Girrbach has
connected digital and analogue model
workflows with its new Artex Digiloc
adapter for Artex articulators. Articulators can be easily integrated into
the fully digital fabrication process
with the Artex Digiloc adapter. This
eliminates the need for elaborate
plaster-based workarounds to articulate digitally produced 3D-printed
models in the Artex system. The
adapter acts as a model fixator for
3D-printed precision models made of
the new Ceramill XTP 3D-printing
material. “Inserting the 3D-printed
models into the articulator is very
easy. The printed positioning pins
eliminate the need for additional fixation aids and ensure accurate x- and
y-axis positioning. Z-axis positioning
is also precise owing to the defined
supporting bars on the fixator plates.
Flat trimming of the printing supports is no longer necessary, owing to
intelligent model base design. The
benefits of a digital workflow can be
fully exploited as a result,” Noack emphasised. 7
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“Innovation is in our DNA”
An interview about 3Shape’s digital solutions.
n Innovations in dental technology
drive the whole industry forward and
shape both present and future practices. At IDS, Dental Tribune International had the pleasure of speaking
with Dr Rune Fisker, 3Shape senior
vice president for product strategy,
and Jakob Just-Bomholt, 3Shape CEO,
about the company’s digital solutions
at IDS and its future endeavours in
innovation to support dental professionals.
What do innovation and digitisation
mean for 3Shape?
Dr Fisker: Our company is 23 years
old, and innovation is in our DNA. It is
what we are all about, which is bringing cool products to the market that
really make a difference. We invest a
lot in having great products not only
today but also in the future.
1
2
1 3Shape’s Dr Rune Fisker (left) and Jakob Just-Bomholt in conversation with Dental Tribune International. (All images: Robert Strehler) 2 3Shape showcased its latest TRIOS 5 intra-oral scanner.
What are some notable solutions that
the company is launching at IDS?
Just-Bomholt: We are of course
presenting the TRIOS 5 Wireless, our
great intra-oral scanner. We are also
introducing the Shape F8 laboratory
scanner, the 3Shape laboratory management system and 3Shape Produce, which offers a new, easy way to
send jobs to printers. Finally, we are
presenting a whole range of new workflows.
3
3 Jakob Just-Bomholt joined 3Shape as CEO in August 2020. He has held various leadership positions in international companies.
What can visitors to IDS expect at
your booth?
Dr Fisker: First and foremost, we
will show them some great products,
but they will also be able to experience an atmosphere that really embodies our passion for product development and innovation.
What does the future look like for
3Shape? What are some of the goals
that the company will be working towards?
Dr Fisker: We will continue to
support the dental community with
leading products and will continue
our efforts to have the most innovative product portfolio. A key message
to our customers is that in 3Shape
they have a partner with not only
great products but also an open and
very extensive ecosystem and they
are assured of a future of 3Shape innovations.
Just-Bomholt: We are committed
to innovation. We have 650 people
working in R & D and are investing
heavily in this area. We will continue
to push new digital innovations and
change the industry together. 7
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A century of innovation
Ivoclar celebrates its 100th anniversary at IDS, launches a new product for the laboratory.
n This year marks an important milestone in the history of
Ivoclar: the Liechtenstein-based company, which provides numerous high-quality products and services as well as training
and continuing education programmes that have had a lasting impact on the dental industry, is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Naturally, Ivoclar highlighted this in its IDS 2023 activities.
During the show, dental professionals could stop by and explore
products and services at the company’s booth and had the opportunity to engage with Ivoclar’s staff and experts.
1 At IDS 2023, Ivoclar showcased its special workflows and products.
“Only thanks to the honest feedback from our customers can we
continue to develop and adapt products as well as services depending on their needs and changes within the industry. One
hundred years of Ivoclar would not have been possible without
the great relationship we have with our customers,” said Patric
Frank, chief marketing officer at Ivoclar.
Under its anniversary theme of “A century of innovation”,
Ivoclar showcased its latest products and solutions, such as the
PrograScan PS7, the company’s first high-end laboratory scanner, which was launched at
a press conference the day
before the trade show. The
PrograScan PS7 is equipped
with two scan tables, two
optical light units and eight
cameras, and scans start with
just one click. A scan of two
models with an accuracy of
5 µm takes just 10 seconds.
The scanner automatically
detects any accessories and
takes 2 minutes to prepare
the digital models in the
design software for further
processing. These scans are
approximately three times
faster than sequential scanning procedures.
2 The new PrograScan PS7 has been designed especially for dental laboratories
with high-volume throughputs.
“IDS 2023 was a great success for us. We received positive
feedback from our customers and left with great new insights
and impulses. We are particularly pleased with the interest in
our new product,” Frank concluded.
More information about Ivoclar’s portfolio can be found at
www.ivoclar.com. 7
Septodont and Immersify Education partner to enhance dental studies
New modules launched at IDS explore key topics and gamify clinical cases.
n Septodont, a leader in dental pain management, has entered into a new partnership with
Immersify Education. Aiming to enhance dental
education through the use of advanced interactive technology, the two companies have teamed
up to develop a new module for the Immersify
platform that focuses on dentine restoration
techniques.
Immersify told Dental Tribune International (DTI) that the new content broadens the
platform’s integration of modern dental concepts
and professional practice, enabling dental students, educators and specialists to explore key
topics, including general dental materials, calcium silicate-based materials and the use of
Biodentine XP, Septodont’s new dentine restoration system.
Immersify explained: “This will be possible
via a series of lessons that cover the theoretical
elements and a bespoke simulation experience
that involves the practical element. For this last
component, Immersify users will be presented
with different scenarios that include direct
pulp capping and pulpotomy. Each of the decisions that users make will impact future decisions and change the simulation path, letting
the user become the clinician.”
The partnership was officially launched
during the 40th IDS in March, where gamified
clinical cases were demonstrated using 3D
simulation technology. According to Septodont,
the partnership was a natural progression,
given that the two companies have the same
objective, that of fostering dental education.
Chloe Barrett, founder and CEO at Immersify Education, commented: “Septodont was one
of the first companies that collaborated with
us, and we are excited about the impact that
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our continuing partnership will have on dental
education. To be able to work with the company
once again and expand the scope of our collaboration is really positive for us. It aligns perfectly with our own goals and helps us to continue developing the best educational platform.”
The Immersify platform makes use of interactive experiences, visuals, multiple-choice
questions and real-world simulations, enabling
users to apply their skills in a secure setting. It
has amassed an engaged user base owing to its
innovative use of immersive digital technology
to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
On the platform, for example, users can experience the full procedure of a direct pulp capping
with Biodentine XP, from mixing the cartridge
to measuring how deeply to excavate, and applying the restorative material into the cavity.
The company said that, as dentistry becomes
more digitalised, dental students, educators
and professionals must embrace cutting-edge
tools. “By boosting engagement and information recall, Immersify results in better academic
outcomes and cultivates competent professionals, prepared to tackle real-world challenges
with confidence,” the company told DTI.
Recent figures show that dental students
are eager learners who seek out additional resources that are increasingly digital. Sub-
Immersify Education and Septodont exhibited together at
IDS 2023.
scriber Acquisition Research found this year
that 79% of dental students look for interactive
lessons and tutorials and that 52% search for
virtual or augmented reality simulations.
“Dental education can be challenging, and
the modern learner needs access to resources
that can provide a holistic approach to his or
her educational process,” Immersify Education
concluded. 7
The new educational module explores the topics of general dental materials, calcium silicate-based materials and the use
of Biodentine XP.
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