Seamless Communication, Accurate Results: Planmeca CAD/CAM Solutions
Inside Dental Technology delivers updates on digital workflows, materials, lab techniques, and innovation in dental technology through expert articles and videos.
November 1, 2015
Volume 6, Issue 10, November 2015
Page(s): p. 22
Laboratories, dentists, and patients continue to benefit from the combination of unique and innovative hardware and software solutions that Planmeca CAD/CAM Solutions offers. With the Planmeca FIT™ Open CAD/CAM System, dentists and laboratories can seamlessly integrate and execute a complete digital workflow to provide better dentistry with any system.
As the largest privately held company in the dental equipment market, Planmeca is committed to offering the most advanced and innovative products with its extensive research and development efforts. Planmeca works closely with laboratories and end users in order to stay at the forefront of the industry. Dedicated scientific knowledge and in-depth understanding of clinical workflows are vital and integrated parts of the company’s product development and design.
The Planmeca FIT System, which includes the Planmeca PlanScan™ digital impression scanner, open-architecture Planmeca PlanCAD™ design software, and the advanced Planmeca PlanMill™ 40, is sold exclusively through Henry Schein in the United States and Canada. The PlanScan digital impression scanner is the key to the company’s excellence today—it is the only digital impression scanner in the world that utilizes blue laser technology to capture highly detailed images that allow for more accurate designs.
Communication and collaboration between laboratories and clinicians have reached a higher level of excellence with the open-system architecture of Planmeca FIT. This platform allows laboratories to easily scan cases using PlanScan, as well as quickly import PlanScan STL files from dentists via the Romexis Cloud. Uniquely design complicated cases with the powerful PlanCAD Design Center to produce quality results. Restorations can be milled on the spot with the PlanMill 40 milling unit to offer accurate and fast turnaround services for a wide range of materials to customers.
