Scanner instead of impression tray: is the digital impression the future?

For many patients, the impression tray is one of the less popular memories of a visit to the dentist.

With modern intraoral scanners, a digital alternative is now available in many situations.

How the digital impression works

A small camera captures the situation in the mouth and generates a three-dimensional data set from it. This can then be transmitted to the dental laboratory.

For patients, the procedure can be more comfortable. For dentist and laboratory, a digital basis for further planning and manufacturing is created at the same time.

What matters is the process chain behind it

The special thing about it is not the scanner alone. What matters is the process chain behind it.

At BLANC ET NOBLE, digital data can be taken into the CAD/CAM workflow and used for design and manufacturing. This creates a direct connection between practice and laboratory.

Nevertheless, the specific treatment situation always decides which impression method is suitable.

After all, digitalisation does not mean replacing proven methods as a matter of principle. It means creating additional possibilities. And these possibilities are becoming ever more exciting in modern dentistry.