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I 41 industry news _ Planmeca I CAD/CAM 4_2014 the prescription and instructions written out on paper. This is gradually ceding ground to an entirely digital process where the patient’s information and doctor’s instructions are sent to the lab electroni- cally via a digital impression system. PlanmecaPlanScanRestorationscanbedelivered mere days after the laboratory receives the patient’s intraoral scans, while the Planmeca PlanMill 40 in-office milling unit is making same-day dentistry a reality. The restorations produced by the PlanScan restorative system, along with the combining of the digital impression with CBCT scans, reduce the costs and treatment time associated with replacing a tooth, increasing the demand for digital dentistry exponentially. Forthosewhowanttocontinuetoworkwiththeir labs,allofthepatientinformationneededtoproduce a model-less restoration can be submitted digitally to a dental laboratory. At the same time, clinicians enterthepatient’sinformationandprescriptiondata into their digital impression system’s software prior tosubmittingeachcase.BecausethePlanmecaPlan- Scan system is an open system and the dental team can send the file in a standard DICOM format, ex- changingpatientdataiseasybetweenmostsystems through Planmeca Romexis software. _Bringing today's dental practice up to speed with Planmeca Romexis software and cloud service While digital impression systems are realizing a data standardization solution, the digital X-ray, practice management, cone-beam computed to- mography (CBCT) and digital treatment-planning systems found in today’s dental practice require the same sort of attention. Because these systems lack interoperability, they are unable to efficiently com- municatepatientdataandreachtheirtruepotential. Totrulymaximizetheefficienciesandcostsavings offered by these technologies, interoperability is im- perativeamongthesedentalsystemsthatarebecom- ing increasingly common in today’s dental practice. Ascliniciansdemanddatastandardization,thetrans- fer of the patient’s information, X-rays, CBCT scans, digitalimpressionsandprescriptiondatabetweenthe dental office and the dental lab with the simple push of a button is now possible with Planmeca Romexis software and Planmeca Romexis Cloud. _Maximizing practice profitability with open architecture Datastandardizationisessentialtodrivingdown costs for patients, doctors and laboratories alike by establishing interoperability between intraoral scanners, CAD/CAM software and other dental systems. Ultimately, having a common standard that allows the disparate systems used in dental care to function as plug-and-play devices rather than requiring pricy IT solutions will reduce the costs of integrating these new technologies into dental practices and maximize the ROI of the equipment. Planmeca’s CBCT and CAD/CAM imaging sys- tems, along with Planmeca Romexis digital treat- ment planning software, are using this idea to improve the efficiency, predictability and cost- effectiveness of dental restorations, making chair- side dentistry a lucrative investment for dentists who wish to grow their practice and offer patients the latest in same-day technology._ Fig. 3_The ProOne features an easy-to-use color graphic user interface (GUI) with touch magnification for image verification. Planmeca Oy Asentajankatu 6 00880 Helsinki Finland www.planmeca.com CAD/CAM_contact Fig. 3 CAD0414_40-41_Planmeca 14.11.14 13:40 Seite 2 CAD0414_40-41_Planmeca 14.11.1413:40 Seite 2