Dental Asia July/August 2022

DENTAL PROFILE
Embarking on the digital
journey and beyond
From its headquarters in the US and France, 3Disc sets its sight to
pioneer the digital dentistry landscape of tomorrow. Founded in
2010, the company now has R&D divisions located in the US, France
and South Korea to better support clinicians in bringing the highest
quality treatment to their patients, as Czarmaine Masigla finds out
more from Marie-Laure Pochon, CEO and president of 3Disc.
The digital revolution in the dental
industry is unyielding. Not only has it
accelerated equipment innovation, but
embracing new technologies has also
helped streamline dental procedures,
thus enhancing how dentistry is
performed today.
Suggesting digital adoption as the
driving force in the dental market, Marie-
Laure Pochon, CEO and president of
3Disc, explained that embracing digital
dentistry allows dentists to offer a wider
range and more predictable treatments
to their patients. She told Dental Asia:
“The dentists’ practice relies on very
delicate manual processes with high
technology devices and reliability. This
blend is unique in healthcare and at each
point in time, the question is, therefore,
how to maximise the quality and
reliability of the clinical processes and
the time spent.
“Technology should improve both
the quality of care and the efficiency
of the dentists. This fine balance is
a daily challenge and that is why the
relationship between dentists and their
distributor is so important.”
In Pochon’s perspective, the invention
of the intraoral scanner (IOS) is central
in this transition to a digital dental
landscape as it streamlines dental
practitioners’ workflows. Describing
IOS as the starting point of many
treatments, she explained that IOS
is the first step of the digitalisation
of the dental practices, bringing
more accuracy in the fabrication
of prostheses, better comfort for
the patients and allows a shorter
turnaround time of dental treatment.
“It is interesting to notice that when
a dentist starts to use an IOS, they
would never consider going
back and realise that it has
brought more changes and
advantages than they initially
expected,” she added.
“Today, only a minority of
general or family dentists
are equipped and we see
that the new generation of
IOS, which is more userfriendly
and intuitive,
will help speed up the
adoption. This shift is
happening and doctors
no longer have questions
about precision and returnon-investment
but focus on
how to apply it to all areas
of their daily practice.”
24 DENTAL ASIA JULY / AUGUST 2022