Laboratories Can Scan Impressions Using Nobel Biocare's Expanded Procera System

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Industry News


In November, Nobel Biocare acquired BioCad Medical, Inc., a developer of computer-aided software for prosthetic design, and formed an exclusive partnership with Optimet, an Israel-based provider of optical measuring solutions. As a result, Nobel Biocare is introducing new software and the new NobelProcera scanner that can scan impressions as well as models while also expanding the material and restorative options of the Procera System. LMT talks with Hans Geiselhoringer, global head of Procera at Nobel Biocare, about these developments.



LMT: How will the acquisition of BioCad Medical affect laboratory customers?


Geiselhoringer: BioCad provides design software for overdenture bars and implant bridges. Over the last 10 months, we've been working with BioCad to develop new software that combines the BioCad CAD interface with Nobel Biocare's CAM manufacturing. This software replaces the current front-end software...

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