GLIDEWELL DENTAL
174 place ! By eliminating unnecessary appointments , the dentist can limit administrative work and maximize his or her chair time , while the patient will have to take less time off work and undergo less stress . So Glidewell ’ s R & D came up with a solution that could deliver just that . “ Last year we launched the glidewell . io In-Office Solution , which allows a dentist to produce a BruxZir zirconia crown that can go straight into the patient ’ s mouth when the tooth is prepared . That ’ s something only our company has been able to achieve !”
Instead of taking a traditional impression , dentists using glidewell . io capture a digital rendering of the patient ’ s dentition using an intraoral scanner . For this entry point of the process , Glidewell secured an alliance and distribution agreement with Align Technology , whose iTero Element intraoral scanning system leads the North American market . Glidewell Dental has provided digital laboratory fabrication services for hundreds of thousands of iTero restorative cases , and was familiar with its advantages . Once the patient has been scanned , Glidewell ’ s fastdesign . io software is able to automatically propose a design
“glidewell . io allows a dentist to be able to produce a zirconia crown that can go straight into the patient ’ s mouth in a single visit , while the patient is still in the chair ”
— Mike Selberis CTO , Glidewell Dental
APRIL 2019