FDI Worldental Daily

Industry Wednesday, 28 August 2013 18 www.fdiworldental.org IThe new Tor- nado 1 andTornado 2—recent winner of a red dot design award—air com- pressor units from DÜRR DENTAL are moreefficientandeconom- icalthantheirpredecessors.Run- ningatonly54db(A)theyarealsoless noisy. The one and two cylinder sys- tems are not only extremely quiet but their energy consumption is also par- ticularly efficient. The new Tornados require 15 per cent less energy while delivering the same performance, ac- cordingtotheGermanmanufacturer. The new units can supply up to three treatment rooms and can be equipped with a membrane-drying unit,ifrequired,foruninterruptedop- erationaroundtheclock.Thesystems comply with the highest standards of hygiene through an anti-bacterial coating on the inner side of the pres- sure tanks, among other things. DÜRR DENTAL said that the new Tornado 1 and Tornado 2 units com- binealladvantagesoftheirpredeces- sors,suchasreliance,lastingvalue,a compact form as well as dental air of the highest quality. Air compressor systems by Dürr Dental have been renownedfordecadesfortheirstur- diness,strongdurableperformance and high quality standards. The en- hanced version of these systems will now be on display in Istanbul. DÜRR DENTALGERMANY www.duerrdental.com Booth C031–08 IPlanmeca’s 3-D X-ray unit range now offers to combine CBCT im- ages,3-Dfacephotosaswellas3-D model scans in only one software. According to Finish company, it is thefirstintheindustrytointroduce this concept for creating a virtual patient for different clinical needs. Withthelaunchofthenewimaging mode for scanning impressions and plaster casts to its Planmeca ProMax3DX-rayunits,impressions can be automatically in verted to digitalcastsandinstantlystoredin the Planmeca Romexis software in standardSTLformat. “In Planmeca Romexis, the pa- tient’s digital cast and CBCT image canbesuperimposedforfurthervi- sualisationandplanning”,saysMs Helianna Puhlin-Nurminen, Vice President of Digital Imaging and Applications division at Planmeca Oy. “The combined data set pro- vides an artefact-free model about thepatient’sdentinincludingbone, crowns and soft tissue, which can be utilised in implant planning and surgicalguidemanufacturing.” For orthodontic purposes, the STLdata canbefurtheranalysedin Planmeca Romexis 3D Ortho Stu- dio module, where dental cast analysis and orthodontic treat- ment plan can be done in 3-D, ac- cording to Puhlin-Nurminen. The Romexisdatabasestoresalldigital casts together with other patient images. The 3-D model scans can also be utilised in orthognatic sur- gery planning and for follow-up of thepatient’streatmentprogress. ThePlanmecaProMax3Dfamily is an intelligent, all-in-one X-ray unitrangedesignedtoobtaincom- plete information on patient anatomyintheminutestdetail.The unitsprovidedigitalpanoramic,ex- traoral bitewing, cephalometric, and 3-D CBCT imaging, 3-D face photos and now also 3-D model scans. The wide selection of vol- umesizesallowsoptimisingtheim- aging area according to a specific diagnostic task—always comply- ing with the best practices of den- tistryandtheALARA(aslowasrea- sonably achievable) principle to minimise radiation. All patient im- agesareconvenientlyprocessedin a single software, Planmeca Romexis. PLANMECA,FINLAND www.planmeca.com BoothC34 Threetypes of3-Ddata withoneunit AD The next Tornado generation from DÜRR DENTAL