6 Intraoral Scanning Tips to Share with Your Dentist-Clients

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Feb 26, 2019 in Digital Dentistry

1. Set standards. Once the dentist is ready to start sending cases, establish what you need from him. While the software that accompanies the scanner walks the dentist through obtaining the three pieces of information you need—prep arch, opposing arch and bite scan—there are details that are sometimes missed but are essential for the laboratory. For example, for anterior cases, Kevin Westrich Jr., Lab Manager, FEDL/D3 Solutions, Maryland Heights, MO, tells the dentist to always “scan partners. If we’re making a bridge for teeth #6-8, having the size and shape of #9-11 is really important for esthetics,” he says.


2. Get the bite right. A problem Owner Lonni Thompson has run into is dentists not scanning enough teeth to get a bite. “The software will signal that the operator can stop scanning, but there might not be enough teeth scanned to get...

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