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The iTero digital scanner takes Invisalign treatment to another level. Uncomfortable and messy putty impressions are now a thing of the past.

iTero Digital Scanner

What Are iTero Intraoral Scanners?

Intraoral scanners from iTero scan the mouths of patients, capturing images to create three-dimensional dental images in minutes. Intraoral scanners are simple to use and can be operated by one person. Their user-friendly nature helps dental professionals get the best results. The scans they produce are also more detailed than the traditional two-dimensional images they replace.

Intraoral digital scans help dental professionals create accurate physical dental models for restorative work, including crowns, veneers, and implants. They also help orthodontists diagnose orthodontic problems and develop the best treatment plans.

The company’s digital ecosystem software works seamlessly with its intraoral scanners, improving workflow for dental professionals working on orthodontic and restorative cases. However, unlike many early intraoral scanners, they are open systems. This feature gives dental professionals more flexibility about how they use their digital scan files. Intraoral digital scans from iTero scanners can be easily shared with other dental professionals and third-party providers such as Invisalign. When all relevant parties have the scans, they can communicate better to improve patient outcomes.

What iTero Intraoral Scanners Do

Intraoral scanners feature a wand, which the dental professional moves around a patient’s mouth. In the latest versions, the wand captures thousands of frames per second which are pieced together to create a three-dimensional visualisation of the patient’s mouth. The wands on iTero intraoral scanners are smaller than early intraoral scanners, allowing them to scan molars in the back of the mouth which were traditionally difficult to reach. Dental professionals using small wands also aren’t limited by how wide their patients can open their mouths. The small wands are also less likely to make patients gag than older forms of scanning technology.

Intraoral scanners also have screens which display the digital dental images as they’re captured in real time. The screens show whether the scan is good or not before it’s saved and submitted to the lab. This feature can be a real time-saver for dental professionals who, in the past, could receive word from the lab two or three weeks later that their scans were inadequate. By providing immediate feedback, intraoral scanners can save dental professionals and patients time and frustration.

Unlike many intraoral scanners, patients don’t need to cover their teeth in titanium dioxide powder before an iTero intraoral scan. This benefit further improves the scanning process for dental patients.

Benefits of Using iTero Scanner for Tooth Impressions

Dental and orthodontic procedures are often limited by technology. Improper crown and mouth guard fits, prosthetic devices that don’t quite match the bite of a patient and cumbersome molds are just a few problems that this limitation creates.

Advances in technology are allowing dentists and orthodontists to provide a new level of quality in their work.

Technology like the iTero™ scanner represents one of the most essential tools needed for any professional dealing with oral restoration.

Let’s explore the benefits that the iTero™ scanner enjoys over traditional impression technologies that have existed for decades without any radical changes.

What Does the iTero™ Scanner Do?

The iTero™ Intraoral Scanner is designed to make the process of measuring a patient’s mouth easier and more comfortable than ever before while offering a significantly higher degree of precision.

The wand employs incredibly precise imaging technology capable of capturing even the smallest details about a patient’s mouth. This occurs without the need for cumbersome impressions or movement of the patient’s mouth. The wand captures thousands of images in the patient’s mouth that it then sends to the station. It does so automatically. The station processes the data that the wand captures. It turns it into a 3D model that can be updated in real time.

Why Use the iTero™ Scanner Over Traditional Methods?

Traditional methods of creating an impression require the use of cumbersome machines or impressions taken with material that gradually hardens.

The problem with both of these methods is that patients tend to feel uncomfortable in these situations. This can dramatically alter the results of these impressions.

Because the patient must adjust their mouth and keep it stationary for the best image, their bite may be artificially adjusted.

This can make everything from mouth guards to braces fit incorrectly, which can have long-term effects on a patient’s skeletal structure.

The iTero™ scanner doesn’t have these problems. It allows for a free impression of the patient’s mouth that automatically accounts for many of the deviations that tend to present themselves with other imaging techniques.

This allows for impressions that:

• Are more accurate than other methods can provide.

• Tend to be faster to record.

• Are less prone to errors.

• Require fewer retakes than other methods.

• Create more accurate prosthetic devices that require less fine tuning.

• Can be used to create devices faster due to the lack of needed modeling.

• Tend to allow for a higher degree of comfort to the patient and care provider.

The iTero™ Scanner: Bringing a New Level of Quality to the Office

The iTero™ scanner allows for dentists, orthodontists and other oral care providers to give their patients significantly more accurate and comfortable work.

It makes appointments faster and reduces the amount of error encountered during the creation of devices made to fit in a patient’s mouth.

This means the iTero™ scanner represents a new level of quality when it comes to taking tooth impressions.

This allows for a higher degree of care that lasts longer, which ultimately benefits the patient and the care provider.