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Export CBCT

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) technology has revolutionized dental radiographic imaging. This advancement allows dentists to progress seamlessly from patient diagnosis to treatment simulations, making it an invaluable tool for reconstructive surgeries and dental implant procedures. However, mastering this sophisticated technology requires a significant learning investment. This page is designed to help you specifically in relation to:

Dual Scan for Doctors – What is it and when to use it?

During guided surgery on edentulous patients or patients with few to no remaining teeth, it is important to know the patient’s vertical dimension and bite. The Dual Scan procedure can assist with determining this information, but what makes it a Dual Scan, and when is the best time to take a Dual Scan?

Effectively capture a dual scan

In this video, we will cover…

  1. Seating the dentures
  2. Placing the scan markers
  3. Scanning the denture in the mouth
  4. Scanning the denture out of the mouth

Export DICOM from your CBCT

You must export the following to provide DICOM for CT Planning – Folder with uncompressed, multi-file, DICOM, .03mm or .04mm slices (not all systems allow options. Generally .02 and .01 results in too many files to upload). Watch the below videos to help export on some popular systems.Steps to export:

  1. Export into a folder on the desktop (must be a folder with 100+ .dcm files)
  2. Right-click on the folder, rename the patient’s name
  3. Right-click again and click “send to compressed zipped folder” for upload
  4. If uploading scan appliance and patient scan, place both in the same folder and zip
  5. This is what you will browse for when uploading on our online portal
  6. Follow the below videos for your system!
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CBCT Systems Included

  • Aceton
  • Carestream
  • Dental Studio
  • iCat
  • Invivo Anatomage
  • Invivo5
  • Galileos Sidexis XG
  • Morita CBCT
  • PreXion
  • Planmeca ProMax 3D Max
  • Planmeca Romexis
  • Sidexis 4
  • Sirona 3d
  • Sirona SL + Sidexis 4 CBCT
  • Vatech

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