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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
Dental-CAD
Zirkonzahn or medit?
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<blockquote data-quote="shane williams" data-source="post: 124096" data-attributes="member: 5938"><p>You need to look at it as a tool. That's all they are, a tool to achieve the desired end result. Everybody has there own opinion on what tools work better. Scott is correct when he says there are some problems with 3Shape. The accuracy is less than perfect.(meaning you probably wouldn't do a bar case on it. Although I have done a few "Izir" style bridges which looked and fit amazing) You do pay a yearly license fee. But there are some positives. It's extremely user friendly. I've used Dental Wings, Straumann, and Cercon. 3Shape has been by far the more superior of the bunch. Now I have no knowledge of Exocad, but from what I hear it's a great software, but instead of yearly fees you pay to update if desired. And for milling, you can't go wrong with the Roland. We started milling with one DWX-50 about 2 years ago, since then we added another. They are little work horses. Yes they can't mill metal, but they mill zr, wax, and pmma just fine. The support is amazing. The team at CAP, and Glen from Roland have helped me out with the problems I have had in the 2 years. From replacing a mill, to servicing the mill and getting it back within a week. Here we use 3Shape with Roland mills. Haven't had any problems with the CAD or CAM, other than user error. I've had my 3Shape for like 4 years, works just like it did when we first got it. Now that's not to say we haven't updated our pc's. To do some of the more complex cases you need a better pc than what is provided with 3Shape. You should go to a lab or a distributor of each scanner, and mill you are looking at purchasing. Test them out. Yeah Exocad might be the better scanner, but if you don't like the functionality compared to 3Shape then go with which one feels better to YOU. my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shane williams, post: 124096, member: 5938"] You need to look at it as a tool. That's all they are, a tool to achieve the desired end result. Everybody has there own opinion on what tools work better. Scott is correct when he says there are some problems with 3Shape. The accuracy is less than perfect.(meaning you probably wouldn't do a bar case on it. Although I have done a few "Izir" style bridges which looked and fit amazing) You do pay a yearly license fee. But there are some positives. It's extremely user friendly. I've used Dental Wings, Straumann, and Cercon. 3Shape has been by far the more superior of the bunch. Now I have no knowledge of Exocad, but from what I hear it's a great software, but instead of yearly fees you pay to update if desired. And for milling, you can't go wrong with the Roland. We started milling with one DWX-50 about 2 years ago, since then we added another. They are little work horses. Yes they can't mill metal, but they mill zr, wax, and pmma just fine. The support is amazing. The team at CAP, and Glen from Roland have helped me out with the problems I have had in the 2 years. From replacing a mill, to servicing the mill and getting it back within a week. Here we use 3Shape with Roland mills. Haven't had any problems with the CAD or CAM, other than user error. I've had my 3Shape for like 4 years, works just like it did when we first got it. Now that's not to say we haven't updated our pc's. To do some of the more complex cases you need a better pc than what is provided with 3Shape. You should go to a lab or a distributor of each scanner, and mill you are looking at purchasing. Test them out. Yeah Exocad might be the better scanner, but if you don't like the functionality compared to 3Shape then go with which one feels better to YOU. my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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