COLOGNE, Germany: At the company’s IDS press conference today, Sirona Dental Systems introduced 25 new hard and software products that were developed by 270 scientists and engineers. With its broadest product range ever, the manufacturer offers solutions to diverse target groups and aims to bring digital dentistry to every practice.
In order to optimise the digital workflow between dentists and laboratories, Sirona presents, among other devices, the APOLLO DI, an intraoral camera exclusively created for digital impression taking. “It is basically an iPad on wheels,” said Dr Jürgen Serafin, Vice President of Corporate Marketing. “With a weight of approximately 100g and a price of less than €15,000, the device is one of the smallest and most economical digital systems available. In addition, this device implies no follow-up costs compared with similar products on the dental market,” he emphasised. Using the Sirona Connect, the data can be converted and sent to dental laboratories.
With regard to dental imaging, another innovation presented by Sirona this year is the GALILEOS Comfort Plus, a scanning device geared not only toward general dentists but to specialists such as radiologists and orthodontists in particular. It provides HD image quality and can be fitted with an integrated 3-D face scanner that captures the X-ray and surface data of the patient’s face. “An accurate image of the patient’s face, in which the dentist may zoom in to visualise treatment approaches and outcomes, significantly aids in the patient identification,” explained Dr Wilhelm Schneider, Vice President Sales Marketing.
Furthermore, the two representatives presented the new features of the TENEO treatment unit, which is equipped with an automatic patient-specific headrest that adjusts individually every time a patient sits in the dental chair. “This feature is especially interesting since these patient-individual settings will transfer to other devices as well in the future,” Schneider said.
