3Shape TRIOS® digital impression solution “impresses” dental professionals at IDS 2011

Copenhagen, March 22, 2011 - There was electricity in the air as 3Shape launched its TRIOS® intraoral impression-taking solution on the opening day of the International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne Germany.

3Shape's slogan "It all starts with a good impression" was right on target when TRIOS® was unveiled. 3Shape TRIOS® radiates an aura of high-technology in a sleek and elegant design seldom seen in dental clinic equipment. When 3Shape presented the solution's key features, it became clear why TRIOS® is defined as "Next-Generation" impression-taking technology.

Spray-free and easy to use
One of the most notable TRIOS® features was that scanning does not require dentists to apply spray to coat the patient's teeth, making scanning with TRIOS® a fast and patient-comfortable process that doesn't ruin scan accuracy by adding material to teeth surfaces.

TRIOS demonstrates accuracy and speed
3Shape introduced its new Ultrafast Optical Sectioning technology that utilizes up to 1000 3D pictures to create true geometries, based on real data, rather than artificially forming interpolated surfaces as seen on too many other systems. The scanner captures over 3000 2D images per second, which is 100 times faster than a conventional video camera.

Watching the impression being built on the screen
The cart's large bright screen displays a real-time 3D visualization of the impression being built up during scanning. TRIOS® images remain in sharp focus while moving the scanner across the teeth, and the tip can be rested on the teeth during scanning. 3Shape demonstrated a smart TRIOS® feature - a motion sensor interface that enables the hand-held to virtually rotate and turn the digital impression like a gaming controller.

Strong software support
The TRIOS® user interface is very clean and intuitive, and the large Smart-Touch screen makes operation handy for dentists. Large buttons take the dentist through the complete workflow starting with order creation and ending with dispatching the digital impression to the lab. The software contains state-of-the-art technologies including alignment of occlusion and clinical-validation of impression quality before sending to the lab.

3Shape's whole solution approach is unique
Unlike many other intraoral impression-taking solutions, 3Shape does not attempt to bind digital impression taking with chair-side milling. Instead, 3Shape bases its digital impression solution on easy and efficient dentist-lab cooperation. This is supported through flexible output that is immediately available for the lab plus advanced lab-dentist communication features. Dentists can enjoy the large range of indications, design expertise and material-manufacturing flexibility provided by dental laboratories while spending more profitable time treating patients.

On-line communication with the lab
Dentists can preview 3D lab designs on the TRIOS screen, evaluate and agree on margin lines, access virtual diagnostic wax-ups and generally discuss cases with labs and patients when convenient.

Summing up
In TRIOS®, 3Shape has addressed and solved many technical issues that have been hampering a number of previous intraoral solutions from making their breakthrough in the market, such as spraying, inaccurate scanning - plus practical annoyances such as inflexible output that is bound to specific services or to chair-side milling.

"3Shape hit the nail on the head with its first press event of this year's IDS," says Robin Goodman, Group Editor of the Dental Tribune. "3Shape gave a concise and enthusiastic presentation as we learned about the unique market differences of the new intraoral digital impression scanner, TRIOS."

3Shape demonstrated at IDS 2011 that TRIOS® is exactly what it says: a next-generation impression solution and a brilliant stand-out in the market.