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Digital impression

Also called: intraoral scan, digital scan, optical impression

A digital impression is a three-dimensional record of the teeth and gums captured with an intraoral scanner, in place of a tray of impression material. The scanner stitches many images into a surface model, which is sent to the lab as a file. A full case includes both arches and the bite.

How it shows up between practice and lab

A digital impression reaches the lab in minutes, so the case can start the day it is taken. The driver is needed only for the return trip.

The file needs an Rx beside it. A scan that arrives in a scanner inbox with a short order form can leave the lab asking for the shade or the date.

Scans arrive through different services, depending on the scanner. A lab with several inboxes needs one list of every case that came in.

Read more in digital impressions vs traditional impressions and scanner cloud portals vs a shared case.

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