digital dentistry
The latest digital solutions—such as intraoral scanners—add value to your dental practice.

It's easy to fall into comfort zones when it comes to workflows. The problem with the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mindset, however, is that you’ll lose out on all the benefits that come with smarter, more efficient, and predictable work processes. You likely won’t even know anything’s wrong until your patients start leaving you for a practice that utilizes more up-to-date digital dental technologies.

Digital dentistry solutions make processes more efficient, are more patient-friendly, and help to drive case acceptance. Think about viewing intraoral images on-screen versus taking traditional dental impressions. There’s really no comparison. Updating your equipment and technology is one of the best investments you can make.

So, what’s holding you back? Perhaps you think your staff won’t get on board with workplace changes? Involving them in the process and showing them how new equipment will make their jobs so much easier is a start! Don’t forget to include a training program to facilitate the transition.

If cost is a concern, it’s worth the investment in the long run. While it might seem pricey, an intraoral scanner will improve efficiency (particularly by reducing turnaround times) as well as accuracy, which reduces remakes and frees up valuable chair time. This means more satisfied patients, which means more referrals and more new patients.

Alternatively, you might feel you’re too busy to make any big changes to your practice. Remember, whatever time and money you spend upgrading to new systems now will be more than repaid in enhanced productivity and profitability in the long run.

Why Consider Digital Solutions for Your Dental Practice?

Embracing the digital dental revolution is a smart move for dental practices and yields multiple benefits.

Digital dental solutions leverage the latest diagnostic tools, fabrication methods, and document storage systems to improve the patient experience as well as dental practice productivity. Streamlined procedures along with faster and more efficient workflows add up to substantial time and costs savings—including material expenses—and an impressive ROI.

Accuracy and repeatability is enhanced and errors minimized across all dental functions through automated yet flexible scanning and software tools with instant imaging feedback. The 3D images produced by intraoral scanners help improve treatment education, understanding, and acceptance while building trust. Dental visits are more pleasant and comfortable when processes run quickly and efficiently, without the need for uncomfortable, outdated, and overly-invasive procedures. This helps bring new patients into the practice as well as treat more cases.

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Grow your dental practice with digital dentistry solutions.

Digital dentistry covers every aspect of the dental practice workflow:

  • Remote access to clinical records and patient information stored on secure cloud-based platforms.
  • Imaging hardware and software, such as x-rays and scanners, including full-color images rendered in high-definition
  • CAD/CAM systems producing accurate restorations and appliances using 3D printers and chairside dental mills
  • Lasers utilized during oral surgery
  • Image analysis using AI solutions to detect disease and develop treatment plans

The Benefits of an Intraoral Scanner

3D intraoral scanning technology is a valuable resource in many different fields of dentistry. An intraoral scanner aids in the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of dental conditions and facilitates the fabrication of a wide range of prosthetic restorations. Its applications also cover orthodontics, digital smile design, and aesthetic treatment planning, not to mention guided implant planning and surgery, where it is used to precisely place implants.

Unparalleled efficiency is one of the standout features of an intraoral scanner. Advanced technology ensures the scan data are highly detailed and accurate to ensure the prosthesis will be precise. This has enormous advantages over conventional impressions which hare highly prone to error and may require repeat patient visits and chair time.

The patient’s safety and comfort are other key benefits. No harmful radiation is produced during the scanning process and no need for messy impression material in the patient’s mouth.

While making the actual impression scan is far quicker and simpler than conventional impression methods, the time-saving benefits don’t stop there... the turnaround for manufacturing a restoration is fast-tracked too. The auxiliaries or lab can begin working as soon as the data has been transferred. In addition, the scan images of the digital impressions may conveniently become part of the patient’s digital dental case file and could be helpful in longer-term assessments of their oral health.

Digital impression applications are numerous, including crown and bridge work, veneers, and digital dentures. partial dentures. For orthodontists, they can also be helpful in producing clear aligners, brackets, retainers, and more. By combining a cone-beam computed tomography system (CBCT) with your scanner gives you the freedom to do simple to advanced implant planning and surgical guides.

Finally, this technology can be a great motivator for patients, as the images encourage dialogue with the clinician and help patients more easily express their needs and concerns. This makes it much easier to communicate to the patients and determine, as well as implement, treatment plans.

Medit i700 - The Future of Your Dental Practice

The Medit i700 intraoral scanner is at the forefront of digital dentistry. The latest innovations offer major advantages for both dentists and dental patients, with a powerful combination of state-of-the-art hardware and intelligent software.

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Sterngold is proud to offer the best-in-class Medit i700 intraoral scanner.

Key features include:

  • 3D-in-motion video technology and full-color streaming capture
  • Super-fast speeds up to two times faster than previous models
  • Extremely lightweight at 245g
  • UV-C LED disinfection
  • 180° reversible tips with a 45-degree mirror angle for easier distal molar scanning
  • Remote control button and a detachable cable

In addition, the Medit i700 can be directly connected to a PC without the need for a power hub and extra cables. And with a cloud-based system, there’s the benefit of real-time communication with the lab too. Enhanced mobility, accuracy, and patient comfort make for a much-improved consultation experience, resulting in better-informed treatment options as well as outcomes. ​

The Medit i700 is available as part of Sterngold’s line of digital dental solutions, including CAD/CAM technologies that guarantee accurate digital impressions, models, and restorations while saving time and material costs.

Sterngold’s extensive range of products, digital workflows, and services also includes the TRU®, PUR®, and MOR® implant lines, along with the ERA®, ORA, and Stern SNAP® attachment systems. In addition, the Baltic Denture System(add ‘R’ mark) offers a single digital workflow system by combining dental practice and laboratory processes for the manufacture of full dentures. This innovative system delivers benefits such as reduced manual work, predictable results, high-quality materials, and less potential for allergies.

Sterngold’s digital dental solutions, along with #ReadyNow technical and customer support and expertise education, make us your first choice for quality dental products and superior clinical and technical support. Contact Sterngold today and find out how our solutions can help your practice achieve goals by ensuring patient satisfaction, treatment effectiveness, and practice growth.