Dental Asia July/August 2022

DENTAL PROFILE
3DISC HERON IOS
In an attempt to bring simplicity into
dental practitioners’ workflows, 3Disc
developed the Heron IOS, an ergonomic
and compact digital 3D imaging solution.
Weighing just 150g, the Heron IOS can
be operated with all CAD/CAM systems
available for clinicians and laboratories.
And when paired with the HeronClinic
software, dental practitioners can
navigate the intuitive interface to meet
their restorative, orthodontic and implant
needs. From case creation, scanning or
case integration, the Heron IOS with a
cloud sharing platform enables dental
practitioners to create and browse
patient cases, scan and share with
labs.
restricted among hyper-specialists and
digital-friendly dentists.
“Our vision is supported by the fact we are
offering an alternative in the marketplace
and continuously developing new features
and open systems that are capable of
driving customised integration with other
systems employed in the dental clinics,”
she added.
THE FUTURE IS DIGITAL
A study by iData Research revealed that
the Asia-Pacific digital dentistry market is
expected to reach US$1.1 billion by 2027.
This is fuelled by the emergence of 3D
printers, IOS and CAD/CAM technologies
which will lead to an increase in digital
dentistry procedures moving forward.
She concluded: “We think that the
digitalisation will improve immensely
the way patients are followed by their
dentists in the long run with treatments
and prostheses which will be more
accurate and last longer. The second
benefit will rely on the improved
efficiency of the dentists which will
more than probably allow more patients
to have access to dental care, while
today we know it is less than 40% of the
population who is regularly treated.” DA
The mission of 3Disc has always
been focused on the creation
of an IOS for all dental offices
through a philosophy of
being easy and intuitive,
thereby allowing general
dentists to use it daily,
Pochon emphasised. This
vision, she recalled, was
driven by a realisation
that the first generation
of IOS devices was
complex, hence usage was
Commenting on the Asia-Pacific dentistry
market, Pochon described this region as
an “exciting market” because of the high
professionalism of the dentists combined
with their technology-driven mentality
and a strong will to be more efficient,
accelerating the region’s entry into the
digital world. Furthermore, dental
labs have led the transition to
digital over the years and are
now supporting and driving the
adoption of new technologies in dental
clinics to offer new types of prosthetics.
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