| manufacturer news Cooperation between Dentsply Sirona and exocad Digital workfl ow in the practice and laboratory Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of dental prod- ucts and technologies, and exocad, one of the leading dental CAD/ CAM software manufacturers for the dental lab, have announced their extensive cooperation in the fi eld of digital dental workfl ows. International customers of both companies will now benefi t from the direct transmission of digital impressions from Dentsply Sirona’s intraoral scanners to exocad labs. Furthermore, both companies will align elementary interfaces between the inLab hardware and exocad software and, among other aspects, imple- ment Dentsply Sirona tooth lines and material-specifi c parameters in the DentalCAD software from exocad. Flexible open systems play an important role in digital dentistry. At the same time, ensuring the maximum compatibility of the systems used in practices and labs is becoming increasingly important to design reliable and effi cient digital workfl ows. Considering these objectives, the cooperation between Dentsply Sirona and exocad offers completely new options in the digital production chain. Validated workfl ow for digital impressions Thanks to this cooperation, dental practices with Dentsply Sirona intraoral scanners will now, for the fi rst time, be able to Sirona intraoral scanners will now, for the fi rst time, be able to work with exocad laboratories in a validated workfl ow and work with exocad laboratories in a validated workfl ow and transmit digital impressions conveniently transmit digital impressions conveniently and directly for a broad range of indi- and directly for a broad range of indi- cations. Using the new software cations. Using the new software application, Connect Case Center application, Connect Case Center from Dentsply Sirona, Inbox Inbox from Dentsply Sirona, exocad labs have direct access to labs have direct access to the complete intraoral scan and order the complete intraoral scan and order data in the Connect Case Center Portal. data in the Connect Case Center Portal. “With the connection of exocad labs to Dentsply Sirona’s intraoral scanners, the digital production options based on intraoral impres- sion data for practices and dental labs around the world are ex- panded,” explained Dr Alexander Völcker, Group Vice President CAD/CAM & Orthodontics, Dentsply Sirona. “Furthermore, the high level of scanning accuracy offered by our new intraoral scan- ner Primescan is set to inspire digital dentistry among numerous dental practices and labs.” An application-oriented approach to developing digital dental technology This cooperation also comprises the alignment of data interfaces between the exocad DentalCAD software and the inLab CAD/CAM components from Dentsply Sirona, such as the highly accurate scanner, inEos X5, and the laboratory production units, inLab MC X5 and inLab MC XL. Above and beyond this, the material-related design parameters of selected Dentsply Sirona CAD/CAM materi- als and dental databases will be integrated in the exocad software. “The integration of material parameters and tooth lines in the DentalCAD software offers exocad users additional advantages, as well as enhanced process safety in terms of indication-tailored designs and reliable workfl ows in the lab”, explained Tillmann Steinbrecher, the CEO of exocad. The cooperation between these two dental companies not only The cooperation between these two dental companies not only promotes digital dental technology and dentistry as a whole, but promotes digital dental technology and dentistry as a whole, but also the position of the individual user groups—for even also the position of the individual user groups—for even safer and more effi cient dentistry. safer and more effi cient dentistry. Fig. 2 Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Thanks to this cooperation, dental practices with Dentsply Sirona intraoral scanners such as Primescan will now, for the first time, be able to work with exocad laboratories in a validated workflow and transmit digital impressions conveniently and directly for a whole range of indications. Fig. 2: This cooperation also comprises the alignment of data interfaces between the exocad DentalCAD software and the inLab CAD/CAM components from Dentsply Sirona, such as the highly accurate scanner inEos X5 and the laboratory production units inLab MC X5 and inLab MC XL. 44 CAD/CAM 1 2019