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Planmeca makes
CAD/CAM easier than ever

Planmeca’s open-interface-based CAD/CAM
solutions introduce, above all, quality, cost-
efficiency and precision to the daily workflow
at dental clinics or laboratories. Petri Kajander,
Product Manager for Planmeca’s
CAD/CAM solutions, explains the revolutionary
features of these new products.

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State-of-the-art solutions for dentists

Planmeca PlanScan® – super-fast intraoral scanner

The new Planmeca PlanScan® is a digital and powder-free
intraoral scanner that scans the patient’s dentition quickly and
accurately. The scanner produces real-time digital impressions
from one-tooth to full-arch scans. Thanks to the open STL data, the
scanned files can be sent to any dental laboratory for design work.
This is the world’s first dental unit integrated intraoral scanner that
can also be connected to a laptop.

“The scanner has only one cable, so it is extremely easy to move
from one place to another, for example between different treatment
rooms or clinics”, says Product Manager Petri Kajander. “In
addition, the scanner is delivered with a laptop, so the device can
be flexibly shared between different users. In other words, Planmeca
PlanScan offers value for your investment: it is not a device for just
one dentist but can be used by the entire clinic.”

The scanner uses the blue-laser technique. It projects a pattern on
the surface of the teeth and then analyses it from different directions
while calculating distances. In this way, the device is able to calculate
a model that is extremely accurate. “You can view the result as a
real-time video image. The video recording and the dental surface