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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | 2/2018 RESTORATIVE 25 The complete package for chairside restorations in one appointment By Carestream Before the introduction of the super- market in the UK in the 1940s, shop- pers had to separately visit speciality stores in the high street one at a time, such as the butchers, the bakers, the chemist, and so on. This was both time-consuming and inefficient. Fortunately, with the subsequent ex- pansion in the amount of supermar- kets, we are now able to obtain a wide range of food and household items, or even a complete service (e.g. an opticians), in one location. The ad- vantages of supermarkets, which offer a full service in one place, over independent shops is that they are more convenient for the consumer in terms of both time and efficiency. The benefits of a complete dental service in-house These advantages can also apply to healthcare providers. Indeed, there is some evidence that patients in healthcare settings prefer to obtain a full service in one place. For example, one study that examined whether patients’ views of quality of care were influenced by the scope of the service offered in one location found that patients perceive better quality of care, especially in terms of accessi- bility and continuity, when practices act as a ‘one-stop shop’.1 This finding suggests that all types of healthcare services, including dentists, can benefit from provid- ing a complete service within the practice. In addition to being liked by the patients, this also has several ad- vantages for the dentist. Taking the example of providing restorations in-house, the benefits for the prac- tice include being able to provide a faster service, improved workflow efficiency, the elimination of logisti- cal problems (e.g. delays in receiving restorations back from laboratories), more choice in designing restora- tions and being involved in every stage of the process. A full chairside system Being able to complete the restora- tion process in-house works best when all of the necessary equipment is located chairside, as this reduces the time and effort required from the dentist as well as the patient. One system that does enable the entire restoration process to be completed chairside is Carestream Dental’s CS Solutions. CS Solutions is a complete integrated system that contains the options to scan, design and mill in the practice. It enables dentists to provide crowns, inlays or veneers in a single appointment. CS Solutions is an innovative CAD/ CAM restorations portfolio, which is composed of the CS 9000 3D and CS 9300 CBCT units, CS 3500 in- traoral scanner, CS Restore software, CS 3000 high-precision milling ma- chine and CS Connect online portal. Based on a simple scan, design and mill workflow, it makes restorative treatment more accessible and more efficient. Flexibility to suit your prac- tice One of the advantages of CS Solu- tions over closed systems is that it is an open system, which means that there is the flexibility to choose from several alternative solutions that adapt to the practice’s preferred workflow and layout. For example, you may opt to scan, design and mill in office, to scan and design in-office but use a laboratory for milling, or to only perform the scans in office and send the digital models to the labora- tory for processing via CS Connect. CS Connect is an online portal for sending digital impressions or crown designs to the laboratory quickly and securely, which saves time and trans- port costs and enables real-time case follow up and online case history. As CS Solutions supports open STL for- mat files, it is compatible with many third-party CAD/CAM systems used by laboratories. Chairside systems that provide a complete service within the practice remove obstacles and inconvenience for both the patient and the dental team. If you wish to benefit from the advantages of performing entire re- storative procedures in-house in one appointment, in as little as one hour, contact Carestream Dental today. countries. Health Serv Res 2017;29 doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12754 For more information, visit www.care- streamdental.com References 1. Schafer WLA, Boerma WGW, Schellevis FG, Groenewegen PP. GP practices as a one-stop shop: how do patients perceive the quality of care? A cross-sectional study in thirty-four For the latest news and updates, fol- low us on Twitter @CarestreamDentl and Facebook INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO IMPRESS A GENIUS 13th Edition CAD/CAM & Digital Dentistry 4-5 May 2018 Dubai Digital Prosthodontics - Planning & Scanning Full Protocol and Case Reviews Lecture by Dr Pawel Szuba-Paszkiewicz Poland WORKFLOW INTEGRATION I HUMANIZED TECHNOLOGY I DIAGNOSTIC EXCELLENCE DIAGNOSTIC EXCELLENCE WORKFLOW HUMANIZED Discover smarter scanning with the CS 3600 family Thanks to its genius-like features, the CS 3600 family allows you to enjoy intraoral scanning that’s more intuitive, efficient and powerful. You’ll end up with a smarter acquisition process and the ability to improve clinical outcomes. • Automatically fills in holes with appropriate colour for the optimal aesthetic outcome Automatically fills in holes with appropriate colour for the optimal aesthetic outcome • Warns users in real time about areas that require additional scanning and indicates the ideal direction to scan in • Facilitates patient occlusion analysis with automatic occlusion mapping • Eliminates manual post-scan adjustment by automatically removing unwanted soft tissue Best of all, the CS 3600 surpasses the competition by delivering the best performance Best of all, the CS 3600 surpasses the competition by delivering the best performance for overall trueness.* © Carestream Health, Inc. 2017. 15978 AL CS 3600 PA 0917 * “Accuracy of Four Intraoral Scanners in Oral Implantology: A Comparative In-Vitro Study,” Imburgia et al., BMC Oral Health (2017) 17:92 DOI 10.1186/s12903-017-0383-4. 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