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Digital Dentistry
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Today, almost everything can be digitised. This is now the same for dental and medical facilities too.
The pandemic caused many businesses to adapt and change the way they provided safety for staff and patients - turning to digital solutions for the help they needed. However, this continued post-pandemic with around 75% of businesses still using cloud-based software to provide essential business functions.
In dentistry, digital solutions are enabling practice growth by making patient care more efficient in addition to increasing comfort and experience. This results in improved patient care and allows the practice to deliver a better, more efficient service. For these reasons, it’s easy to see why traditional workflows are rapidly being replaced.
A digitalised workflow allows for a more efficient patient service, advanced treatment planning, improved patient comfort and time saved for dentists. Using a digitalised platform also means you can access all of the information you need in one place - so no searching for a patient file, or an order sheet when you need one!
Connectivity opens a world of possibilities
DS Core is a cloud-based solution for the majority of services required for a dental practice. It provides a unique access point for dental practices to store all patient records. DS Core is a cloud based dental platform which has been developed in collaboration with Google Cloud, allowing dentists to collaborate with their partners and connect to the practice’s Dentsply Sirona hardware.
More and more dental practices are using DS Core to efficiently connect hardware, collaborate with labs and access patient files from any location, anywhere, with a web browser.
DS Core allows dental practices to:
- Connect Dentsply Sirona equipment across the dental practice
- Create more efficient workflows by allowing file uploads from several devices, and enabling collaboration on files too
- Have secure access to files (DS Core supports GDPR and HIPPA complience) anywhere at any location and any time
- Create a comprehensive patient library filled with the data collected in your practice such as X-rays and intraoral scans
- Have access to a platform that is always up to date with no updates or maintenance downtime required
- Spend more time on what matters the most, taking care of your patients
Key workflows provided by DS Core
DS Core can be used across a number of existing workflows to enhance them and make them more efficient. It also provides dentists with the ability to add additional services or workflows to their practices over time, allowing for sustained growth.
Restorative dentistry
Digitalising workflows within restorative dentistry allows dentists to send digital impressions to lab technicians at the click of a button! The results of the scan are received and uploaded to the cloud instantly and are of a high quality, allowing for easy data communication for all restorative indications.
In addition, patients (and dentists) will spend less time waiting for results and advice from lab technicians, increasing efficiency across the whole process and allowing you to provide improved patient experience.
Orthodontics
Dentsply Sirona’s Primescan Connect allows you to seamlessly scan and send data to specialised partners. Primescan is easily integrated into DS Core, making it more convenient to design and order orthodontic appliances.
Additionally, now SureSmile is integrated with DS Core. This means using Primescan alongside DS Core allows dentists to create quick and effective orthodontic treatments with SureSmile clear aligners. By being able to take a digital impression and discuss the treatment with the patient with the help of the platform, dentists can increase treatment acceptance and allow the creation of a treatment plan in a shorter time frame than traditional methods can provide.
Access multiple patient records including scans, X-rays, and documents from multiple devices through DS Core’s™, a web-based platform that facilitates a streamlined start to your SureSmile® Aligner workflow.
Implantology
Using Primescan Connect and DS Core, dentists can utilise digital workflows for implant surgery as well as implant prosthetics.
Using DS Core's communication canvas dentists can view, arrange, and modify all compatible image formats together in one canvas for the patient to quickly understand their need for treatment. Patient files and communication canvas can be accessed on multiple devices including the screen of a treatment centre or mobile devices.
Custom Nightguards and Splints
Taking advantage of DS Core and how it easily connects labs, practices, and specialist partners, allows dentists to increase efficiency when it comes to splints and nightguards too. Using the digital platform you can send scan files to your chosen partner for them to easily access and order high quality, customised splints. With Primescan incorporated into DS Core too, this has never been easier. Using a design service helps to provide the patient with a printed splint for the next night within a few hours. All it takes is to place an order for a ready-to-print design file with DS Core Create design service on the platform, then feedback on the order and scan quality from the lab technician within a few minutes, and then receive a design proposal from experienced lab partners within a few hours. Approve the design or request changes and start the production immediately with Primeprint.
Key features and benefits of DS Core
DS Core has everything you need all in one place so it’s easy to see why many are choosing to convert to a digital platform and workflow.
One-stop-shop for your services
With DS Core you have a unified platform for your needs. You’ll be able to choose your favourite lab and partners and work effectively with them from any location. Simply select the case files and send it straight over to them in one easy step. You can also use one platform to place orders or find new providers that offer services for your specific needs. This is all regardless of the intraoral scanner you are using and regardless of your location - access them from anywhere!
Your cases, orders, files, and messages will be in one place. Documentation is beneficial to any dental practice but especially those who have a huge amount of paperwork. Having all patient records digitised and online in one neat and secure platform can allow dentists and practice staff to locate files simply when needed. This can improve the efficiency of the practice, and decrease patient chair time, reducing the need for them to wait while you locate older files - everything will be stored and accessible, despite the location or device used.
DS Core promotes simple, supportive communication and collaboration. Share scans, CBCT data, or any other important files with labs, partners or patients, all while knowing DS Core supports GDPR or HIPPA compliance. Ease of collaboration can help to improve relationships with both patients and partners and external labs.
One portal for your needs
DS Core can store data from every intraoral scanner. DS Core enables labs to work with any practice, regardless of the type of IOS used. This is great for labs who work with a number of different dentists and partners.
DS Core supports open file formats that are commonly used for digital impressions regardless of the brand of the intraoral scanner. This allows dentists to collaborate on DS Core no matter which scanner or design software they are using. For labs, it allows to work across a wide range of customers without compatibility issues.
The DS Core platform is free to use for labs! This is a huge bonus as it means you can contact several labs without having to convince them to invest in a new platform - they can continue to use their platform and still receive the scans from DS Core! The platform will always be up to date and will work no matter the IOS the lab is using, meaning the choice of labs dentists can contact should be vast and increase over time.
Communication Canvas
Communication canvas is a simple all-in-one patient communication tool where multiple case files can be arranged and displayed side-by-side in one interactive canvas to support patient communication and case acceptance. It is possible to access it from any location and any time, making it time effective for your practice.
Annotations (Coming soon)
Being able to annotate 2D patient media files makes your workflow more efficient when it comes to pointing out areas that need to be discussed between dentist and patient. This helps the patient to clearly understand their treatment options.
Simple patient sharing (Coming soonShare with patients 2D images & DI scans straight from the Communication Canvas – making file sharing with patients easy. This allows for faster results and answers for the patient, which will improve customer service and increase possible conversion rates. This can also be accessed and shared from anywhere. Moreover, DS Core supports GDPR and HIPPA compliance. The engagement of the patients and their understanding of the problem gives them the chance to understand better the treatment process.
DS Core Care
DS Core Care is a digitally-enabled service and support solution which combines equipment technical services and support. Allows you to spend more time focusing on your patients and less time focusing on unnecessary service follow ups. Having a remote service and support capabilities for your premium equipment and moreover preventive service solutions contributes to a longer usable life confidently and shape the future of your practice.
Subscribe to DS Core Care you can get numerous of benefits for equipment support and service such as highly qualified- expert supports and spare parts additional coverages.
DS Core Care service and support package duration is three years and first year subscription is included on equipment purchase. Which means no payment for first 12months and anytime cancellation is possible in the year one.
- Hotline Support. Technical support via phone with our qualified and trusted experts to get you back up and running perfectly again.
- Customer Support Portal. Whatever the issue or question, whether that be big or small, our customer support portal provides you with the knowledge to immediately address your questions. This can be a technical question related to your CAD/CAM equipment or even a workflow query – you can get the self-support 7/24 on Customer Support Portal.
- Fast Service Clarification. By connecting your device to DS Core, you can benefit from remote, real-time troubleshooting, by certified technicians limiting unnecessary follow ups and saving your time
- Maintenance. Annual preventive maintenance performed by a qualified service technician to protect equipment efficiency and optimises equipment lifetime
- Spare parts. Quick supply of spare parts from the original manufacturer to help minimise downtime and avoid additional costs.
In addition, Primescan Connect is available with the following benefits:
- Lenovo Service and Support. Benefit from the Lenovo Premier service and support for
- comprehensive coverage of your Lenovo laptop
- Express Replacement and Accidental Damage. DS Core Care offers you the generous service for your comfort. Extensive coverage of scanner damage in case of unexpected incidents or even accidental damage. You will receive your replacement scanner on the next business day after remote diagnoses.
DS Core
The platform where Dentsply Sirona's digital services and solutions meet
Key takeaways
Connectivity within dental practices and labs will be key to growth and collaboration in the future. Connectivity across full workflows and dental practices allows dentists to work more efficiently, improve patient care and keep up with changing expectations and demands of modern patients.
DS Core is a platform that enables dentists to improve and connect workflows which allows them to add services to their practices in the future, enabling future growth of the practice. Being able to connect seamlessly with labs and other partners allows dentists to easily collaborate, save time, save costs and, most importantly, have more time to spend with patients.
