I don't understand why it has DESS prefixion. STR can refer to Straumann, is Straumann one of the brenchs of DESS? I was really confused about the implant brand affiliation, It showed DESS in my library but it's not a DESS? Sorry, I guess it's kinda a silly question for your guy.
It has a DESS prefix cause
this isn't the Straumann library, but it is the DESS library
for Straumann,
Like
@npdynamite mentions, some 3rd party companies (ELOS, Dynamic Abutments, DESS) make scanbodies and abutments for multiple systems, hence your confusion.
Yes it's an intra oral case. I've tried to reach the Dr, sometimes they sent me a link to the implant supply company they had purchased and told me to download the library and find the correct scanbody, sometimes they pick the scanbody but turn out did not fit in PT's mouth so I continuously remake the abutment.
Now this, is unacceptable behaviour and definitely their fault. The Dr.
has to specify what scanbody they used so you can accurately choose the correct library and what ti-base you buy/mill.
How can you all master the ability to tell the exact brand of implant parts by looking at the scanbody? Did they have a specific size/shape or interactive(like hexagon or pentagon) so we can identify? I'd love to acquire that. It's a very useful skill for implant cases.
I use to identify brands by observing the analog or impression coping, but everything goes digitalization nowadays, I mean the analogs and impression copings and screws have the easier telling criterion(color/shape),like Hiossen, Creodent etc etc, but I can't see much different from the custom abutment or scanbody, especially in digital.
Basically what I made in bold. If you've been working with implants a lot, eventually you learn the make/model of each by simply looking at it. It takes some time. It's exactly the same with digital if you scan yourself and have the scanbodies in hand and use them a few times. It's slightly different with IO scans, since
the docs need to specify what they used even on the obvious ones, but eventually you'll be able to recognise the most frequent ones.
A recent example that comes to mind. I received a scan with an Adin implant a few months back. Adin only has one scanbody shape regardless of implant line. So once you know the brand and model, you're good. However, they make the scanbody in two heights (7&10mm) and the doc didn't even know that. They just used whatever their reseller send them. The exocad library shows both, and that's when I realised and had to call and ask for specifics.
Not much of a tragedy really, but you get the point.
www.straumann.com 
Remind me of a word from George Martin "When you play game of throne you win or you die, there is no middle ground"
