![]() ![]() After an in-office demonstration, I was excited and had the rep give me a contract to purchase the machine. The technique required no powder, cost about $25,000, and the cases could be sent over the Internet for the lab to fabricate. I was flipping through a dental journal and noticed an advertisement from a digital imaging competitor that used a digital imaging system. ![]() I told my sales rep, “When Sirona comes up with a scanning unit that costs about $25,000 and a way to ‘zap’ a digital image over the Internet to my lab, and have THEM make the crown, then come and talk to me about Sirona Digital Impressions again!”Ībout a year went by. While I loved the digital imaging part of the system and liked what people told me about their chairside experience with CEREC, for me, the milling was still an issue. I had many questions about the learning curve and the training, the fit of the restorations and how patients would accept the procedure. I had to weigh my intrigue with computers and new technology against the practicality of introducing this new technique into my practice. ![]() From the beginning, I was fascinated with the digital imaging portion of the technology, but was resistant to change. My introduction to digital impressions began in 2003 with a CEREC® 3 demonstration at a dental convention. I guess one could say I was not instantly convinced. ![]()
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