Clinicians who use 3Shape’s TRIOS intraoral scanners now can submit their digital scans to the 3M Oral Care Portal for treatment planning and delivery of Clarity Aligners, expanding 3Shape’s network of more than 50 orthodontic treatment solutions, sleep device providers, and more than 500 bracket libraries integrated with the TRIOS system.
“We’re excited to offer this new integration with 3Shape as part of advancing the Oral Care Portal,” said Beth Edgar, custom orthodontics business director of 3M. “Having a process to easily upload and transfer files eliminates manual steps and enables the office to complete their order for Clarity Aligners in a streamlined manner.”
Before sending 3Shape TRIOS intraoral scans to 3M for Clarity Aligner production, professionals can use the 3Shape TRIOS Treatment Simulator app with their patients to promote acceptance of the proposed treatment. Using the app, professionals can show onscreen the envisioned results of the orthodontic treatment.
The web-based 3M portal complies with HIPAA. It also is easily accessible from anywhere, the companies report, and supports treatment for aligners, combination treatment, and retainers. Users also have access to its updated toolset, which displays 3-D, cross-sectional views of the teeth with and without overlays
Key to ensuring treatment success, the companies say, the workflow further enables patient progress scans at each treatment step. These scans show how well the patient is tracking to the treatment. They also allow the orthodontist to refine a treatment plan if the patient isn’t tracking according to plan.
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