Antonello Guarco

• Straumann-DigitalSolution• IvoclarVivadent-WielandPrecisionTech

• CGMCompuGroupMedicalSE

Iworkfor:

Scanner IntraoraliWhatdopatientsthink?

Togiveaproperanswertothosewhopayattention?

• Manufacturers?

• Patients?

Manufacturers:• Carestream• DentalWings–Straumann• 3Shape• Sirona• Invisalign–iTero• Zfx• 3M• Planmeca

Theresponseofthemanufacturers:

• Ourproductisthebest.• It’sthemostaccurate.• Maximumreproducibility.• Economic.

Aretruthfulanswers?

• Itdependsbecausetheyareanswersthatreflectasinglepointofview.

• Eachproductistheresultofthestudyofcompetition.

• Eachproductmeetsthenewmarketdemands.

Butwhatpatientssay?

• Toanswerthisquestionproperlywemusttrustthenumbers.

Becausethenumbersandnottheemotion?• Becausetheyrepresentthetruth.• Becausethetruthisnotinthemiddle.

Whydonottheemotions?• Becauseitreflectsatemporarystatus.• Subjecttoemotionalchanges.• Unpredictable.

Thefirstclinicaltrialonpatients'perceived.

• Scientificmagazine:TheJournalofProstheticDentistry-JPD• Title:Digitalversusanalog……:Operatingtimeandpatientpreference

• Authors:Schepke,Meijer,Kerdijk,MarcoS.Cune

• Publicationdate:September2015

EnrollingPatients

• Numberofpatients:50(52inorigin)• Middleage:47,7• Gender:66%women–34%men

Preparationandmeasurementofthetime

Timetocompletetotakingtheoralimpression.

• Materialused:• Pentamix2-3MESPE• AlginateCA37FastSet–Cavex• RetractorOptraGate–IvoclarVivadent

• Timespent:12minutesand13seconds

TimetocompletetotakingtheDIGITALoralimpression.

• Startingthechronometerat:• RetractorOptraGate–IvoclarVivadent1. Removingthestandunit2. Repositiontheunitonthestand

• Timespent:6minutesand39seconds

Questionnaireofpatientevaluation.

Result.

CaseHistory.

• Dott.AlessandroBarberis• OneofthefirstbuyersofItero-Straumann(2010)• "I believed from the start in digital technologies, and I bought the intraoral

scanner to facilitate and speed up my work and to increase the visibility of my study to meet the needs of my patients"