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What licenses are required to import, design restorations and digital models on 3rd party scans in Dental System
What licenses are required to import, design restorations and digital models on 3rd party scans in Dental System
08/11/2023
In order to be able to import 3rd party scans into Dental System, design restorations in Dental Designer and create digital models in Model Builder, certain licenses will be required. There have been some changes in the requirements throughout different versions of Dental System and below tables describe the version-specific requirements for different types of scans.
Design restorations in Dental Designer
Type of scan |
DS 2016 |
DS 2017 |
DS 2018 and later |
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Planscan (Sectioned scan in 3oxz format) |
No add-on required |
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3M True Definition (Unsectioned scan in 3oxz format) |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans or Model Builder STL |
No add-on required |
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3M Lava C.O.S. (ULDC file) |
No add-on required |
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Itero (Sectioned scan in iDE/STL format) | |||
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Itero (Unsectioned scan in iDE/STL format) |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans or Model Builder STL |
No add-on required |
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Sirona Cerec and Apollo (3se file only) |
No add-on required |
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Sirona lab scans (3se and 3si format) | |||
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Carestream (Unsectioned in STL format) |
Model Builder STL |
No add-on required |
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Dental Wings lab scans (Sectioned in STL format) |
No add-on required |
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Sectioned scans in STL format from other lab scanners |
No add-on required |
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Unsectioned scans in STL format from other lab scanners |
Model Builder STL |
No add-on required |
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Building Digital Models in Model Builder Across Dental System Versions
Build digital models in Model Builder:
Type of scan |
DS 2016 |
DS 2017 |
DS 2018 and later |
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Planscan (Sectioned scan in 3oxz format) |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans or Model Builder STL |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans |
Model Builder All Scans |
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3M True Definition (Unsectioned scan in 3oxz format) |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans or Model Builder STL |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans |
Model Builder All Scans |
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3M Lava C.O.S. (ULDC file) |
Not available |
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Itero (Sectioned scan in iDE/STL format) |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans or Model Builder STL |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans |
Model Builder All Scans |
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Itero (Unsectioned scan in iDE/STL format) |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans or Model Builder STL |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans |
Model Builder All Scans |
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Sirona Cerec and Apollo (3se file only) |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans or Model Builder STL |
Model Builder TRIOS & 3rd Party scans |
Model Builder All Scans |
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Sirona lab scans (3se and 3si format) |
Model Builder STL |
Model Builder All Scans |
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Carestream (Unsectioned in STL format) |
Model Builder STL |
Model Builder All Scans |
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Dental Wings lab scans (Sectioned in STL format) |
Model Builder STL |
Model Builder All Scans |
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Sectioned scans in STL format from other lab scanners |
Model Builder STL |
Model Builder All Scans |
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Unsectioned scans in STL format from other lab scanners |
Model Builder STL |
Model Builder All Scans |
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