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I industry news _ Straumann _Having presented its new dental design soft- ware, CARES Visual 7.0, at the recent Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting, Straumann has now begun the rollout of this new system to CAD/CAM customers in Europe and North America. Like all Straumann software, CARES Visual 7.0 is de- signed to enhance user friendliness and versatility, but what distinguishes it is that it offers customers the possibility of producing prosthetic elements through third-party milling, thereby opening the Straumann CAD/CAM system. UsingCARESVisual7.0,customerscandesignpros- theticcrowns,bridges,onlays,inlays,etc.bycomputer and then route the design data to a milling lab either atoroutsideStraumann.AtStraumann,theworkflow is validated and seamless, and one of the broadest ranges of materials and applications is offered. Im- portantly, prosthetic restorations delivered through thisprocessarecoveredbytheStraumannguarantee. The decision to have the prosthetic restorations milled externally might be driven by special func- tional or material preferences that are not available throughStraumann.Today,manydentallabshaveto investinmultipleCAD/CAMsystemsinordertoserve a mixed customer base with differing requirements. This places considerable economic and administra- tive burdens on the labs, which could be reduced through a single open system. Dr Sandro Matter, Executive Vice-President of Straumann’s Prosthetics Business Unit, commented: “Customers want state-of-the-art functional soft- ware that offers flexibility and full assurance of pre- dictabilityandreliability.CARESVisual7.0meetsthese criteria and ensures Straumann quality. It means that labs can now invest in a CAD/CAM system without thefearofbeinglockedintoasinglemanufacturer.” CARES Visual 7.0 is available as an upgrade to customerswithCARESScanCS2scannersandcomes installed in all new Straumann CARES systems de- livered as of 1 March 2012. _Creating the open dental software platform of the future Digital technologies are becoming widespread in dentistry and cover a broad spectrum of applica- tions—from general practice management, treat- ment planning, imaging, guided surgery, digital im- pression taking, right through to computer-aided prosthetic design and manufacture. As digitalisation grows, so too does the number of incompatible sys- tems, making dental labs reluctant to invest in tech- nology that might become obsolete or compromise flexibility. Software standardisation—the precon- dition for open systems—will go some way towards resolving this. A year ago, Straumann and 3M ESPE—a pioneer- ing leader in digital dentistry—joined forces with DentalWingstocreateanopenglobalstandardsoft- wareplatformforuseacrossarangeofdentalappli- cations. The initiative is expected to offer enhanced flexibility,simplicity,andconvenienceforusers,while saving time, costs and investment. CARES Visual 7.0 has been developed on the open DWOS (Dental Wings Open Software) software platform, which—thanks to its scope, quality and functionality—is positioned to become the future standard software solution in dentistry. _About Straumann CARES Straumann CARES Digital Solutions provide dental professionals with a complete, reliable and precise solution. From scanning the intra-oral situ- ation to sophisticated, prosthetic-driven backward planning, the digitalisation of dental workflows is bringing about new and exciting possibilities for pa- tients, surgeons and lab technicians. The Straumann CARES platform offers seamless connectivity to thousands of scanners in dental practices world- wide and provides Straumann customers with ac- cess to future leading-edge developments in digital dentistry._ 40 I CAD/CAM 2_2012 Institut Straumann AG Peter Merian-Weg 12 4002 Basel Switzerland www.straumann.com CAD/CAM_contact Straumann opens its CAD/CAM system with CARESVisual 7.0