Table 1.
Characteristics of intraoral scanners.
| System | Manufacturer | Scanner Technology | Software Version | Light Source | Acquisition Method | Necessity of Coating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEREC Omnicam | Dentsply Sirona | Active triangulation with strip light projection | 4.6 | Light | Video sequence | None |
| CEREC Primescan | Dentsply Sirona | Confocal microscopy | 5 | Light | Video sequence | None |
| CS 3600 | Carestream Dental | Active triangulation (Stream projection) | 1.0 | Light | Video sequence | None |
| DWIO | Dental Wings | Active triangulation | 1.0 | LED light | Video sequence | None but occasionally |
| i500 | MEDIT | Dual camera optical triangulation | 1.1.1.2 | Light | Video sequence | None |
| iTero Element | Align Technology | Parallel confocal microscopy | 1.60 | White LED light | Video sequence | None |
| PlanScan | Planmeca | Laser triangulation | 5.7 | Laser | Video sequence | None |
| Trios 2 | 3shape | Confocal microscopy | 1.3.2.1 | Light | Video sequence | None |
| Trios 3 | 3shape | Confocal microscopy | 1.4.7.5 | Light | Video sequence | None |
| True Definition | 3M | Active wavefront sampling | 4.2 | Light | Video sequence | Yes |