NobelProcera: 'A Process, Not Just a Product Line'

"NobelProcera is a process, not just a product line," said Hans Geiselhöringer, global head of NobelProcera & Guided Surgery, during Nobel Biocare's Media Day held at its production facility in Mahwah, New Jersey, in May. NobelProcera and NobelGuide, linked through the NobelConnect Platform scheduled to be released in the next year, will provide a common communication and case planning platform for the clinician and technician, allowing prosthetic-driven surgical planning for implants and immediate placement of a prefabricated prosthetic and the option for an immediate placement of a temporary solution on the implants. "We won't be dental technicians. The job description of the dental technician will change in the future. We will see a specialization generating the professions of dental engineers and dental designers," he continued.

Central to the change in workflow is the new NobelProcera™ optical scanner that scans impressions as well as models. It features conoscopic...