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title: How Much Should an Intraoral Scanner Cost in 2027?
description: Explore the costs and considerations for intraoral scanners in 2027, including essential features, total ownership costs, and the best options for your practice.
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# How Much Should an Intraoral Scanner Cost in 2027?
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## What General Dentists Should Expect to Pay—and What to Look for Beyond the Purchase Price
If you're shopping for an intraoral scanner heading into 2027, you'll quickly discover something:
**Prices are all over the place.**
Some scanners can represent a relatively modest investment for a dental practice. Others can cost considerably more once software, subscriptions, accessories, training, and other expenses are factored in.
So what should a general dentist actually expect to spend?
More importantly, **what are you getting for your money?**
At Renew Digital, we work with practices purchasing both brand-new and certified pre-owned intraoral scanners. That gives us an interesting perspective on the market because we don't believe every practice needs the newest—or most expensive—scanner available.
The better question is:
**Which scanner gives your practice the capabilities you actually need at a total cost that makes sense?**
Let's break it down.
## First, Look Beyond the Sticker Price
When comparing intraoral scanners, purchase price is the obvious place to start.
But it shouldn't be where the comparison ends.
Two scanners with similar upfront prices could have significantly different ownership costs over five years.
Depending on the scanner and manufacturer, you may encounter expenses associated with:
- Software subscriptions
- Annual support
- Warranty coverage
- Scanner tips or other consumables
- Training
- Laptop or workstation requirements
- Cloud storage
- Software modules
- Repairs
- Replacement protection
That's why we encourage practices to evaluate **total cost of ownership**, not simply purchase price.
Before buying any scanner, ask what you'll pay on day one—and what you'll still be paying in years two, three, four, and five.
## What Are You Actually Buying an Intraoral Scanner For?
This may sound obvious, but it's one of the most important questions in the buying process.
For many general dentists, an intraoral scanner will primarily be used for everyday procedures such as:
- Crown and bridge
- Implant restorations
- Night guards and splints
- Retainers
- Clear aligners
- Diagnostic models
- Digital records
If those are your primary applications, you may not need the most expensive scanner on the market.
That's one reason we're seeing more interest in scanners that provide the core capabilities general dentists need without requiring an enormous initial investment.
The scanner needs to fit your dentistry—not the other way around.
## New vs. Certified Pre-Owned Changes the Equation
Another major consideration is whether you need to purchase new.
Renew Digital offers both options, including **brand-new Alliedstar scanners** and **certified pre-owned iTero scanners**.
Those products appeal to practices for different reasons.
### Brand-New Alliedstar
Alliedstar has built a particularly strong presence in digital orthodontic workflows, but the same scanning capabilities can translate naturally into general dentistry.
For a GP looking for a brand-new scanner, [Alliedstar scanners](https://www.renewdigital.com/brands/alliedstar/) can provide an accessible path into digital impressions without requiring the practice to invest in a premium-priced platform simply because it carries a familiar name.
That can be particularly attractive for a practice purchasing its **first intraoral scanner**.
### Certified Pre-Owned iTero
On the other side is a platform many dentists already know.
Renew Digital has participated as an authorized dealer in the iTero Certified Pre-Owned program for more than five years, giving practices another way to access iTero technology without purchasing a brand-new scanner.
For practices interested in Invisalign workflows in particular, a [CPO iTero scanner](https://www.renewdigital.com/itero-element-5d-cpo-intraoral-scanner) can be a compelling option.
The important point is that **“new vs. used” isn't the only decision anymore.**
You're really comparing different paths into digital scanning.
## Don't Ignore Monthly and Annual Fees
This is where scanner pricing can become confusing.
A scanner may have an attractive purchase price but require ongoing payments to maintain certain software, cloud, support, or workflow capabilities.
Another scanner may cost more upfront but have fewer required ongoing expenses.
Neither model is inherently wrong.
But you should know which one you're buying.
Before purchasing, ask:
**What happens if I stop paying the subscription?**
Can you still scan?
Can you export cases?
Can you send cases to your lab?
Can you access previous scans?
Can you use the workflows that caused you to buy the scanner in the first place?
Those answers can have a major impact on the scanner's true long-term cost.
## The CPO iTero Model Is Particularly Interesting
This is one area where we've found there can be confusion.
With an eligible Renew Digital CPO iTero purchase, the **first year of warranty and software subscription is included**.
That gives the practice access to the supported software environment and applicable features during that first year, including workflows such as Invisalign submission and the Invisalign Outcome Simulator where supported by the system and account.
After that first year, the practice can choose whether it wants to continue paying for applicable subscription or support services.
However, there is **no requirement to continue paying a monthly subscription simply to maintain access to the scanner and continue submitting eligible cases to Invisalign**.
That's an important distinction for practices evaluating long-term scanner costs.
Instead of looking only at what the scanner costs today, consider what you'll potentially spend over the next five years.
## Calculate a Five-Year Cost
Here's a much better way to compare scanners.
Instead of:
**Scanner A = $X**
versus
**Scanner B = $Y**
calculate:
**Purchase Price + Required Software + Required Subscriptions + Consumables + Expected Support/Service = Estimated Five-Year Ownership Cost**
You may discover that the scanner with the lower purchase price isn't actually the less expensive scanner.
You may also discover the opposite: that you're considering a premium-priced system with features your practice is unlikely to use.
Either way, the five-year number gives you a much more useful comparison.
## What About ROI?
An intraoral scanner isn't valuable simply because it's digital.
It needs to improve something.
For a general dental practice, that could mean reducing traditional impression material, simplifying lab communication, decreasing shipping, making retakes easier, improving patient experience, or creating access to additional digital workflows.
The ROI equation will be different for every office.
A practice doing significant crown and bridge volume may justify a scanner differently from a practice focused heavily on clear aligners.
Rather than asking:
**“How quickly will this scanner pay for itself?”**
Start with:
**“Which workflows will we actually move to digital?”**
Then calculate the value around those workflows.
## Your First Scanner Doesn't Have to Be Your Most Expensive Scanner
This is particularly important for GPs who haven't scanned before.
You don't necessarily know how your practice will use an intraoral scanner three years from now.
You may purchase it primarily for crown and bridge and discover your team loves using it for night guards.
You may begin offering more clear aligner cases.
You may incorporate implant restorations.
Or digital impressions may simply become the default for procedures where you previously used traditional impression material.
That's why a lower barrier to entry can make sense.
A scanner that allows your team to become comfortable with digital workflows without requiring an enormous capital commitment can be an excellent first step.
## So, How Much Should You Spend?
There isn't one number that's right for every general dentist.
Your budget should depend on:
- The procedures you'll scan
- Your expected scan volume
- Required integrations
- Invisalign or clear aligner needs
- Software requirements
- Ongoing fees
- Support expectations
- Whether you want new or CPO
- How long you expect to keep the scanner
Most importantly, don't assume that spending more automatically means getting a better scanner for **your** practice.
The best value is the scanner that reliably handles your clinical workflows at an ownership cost you're comfortable with.
## Final Thoughts
The intraoral scanner market has changed considerably.
General dentists now have more choices at more price points, making digital impressions accessible without necessarily committing to one of the highest-priced systems on the market.
That makes shopping more complicated—but it also gives practices more leverage.
Compare the scanner.
Compare the software.
Compare the workflows.
And definitely compare the ongoing costs.
Whether that leads you toward a brand-new Alliedstar or a certified pre-owned iTero, the goal should be the same:
**Buy the scanner your practice will actually use—not simply the one with the biggest price tag or longest feature list.**
## Shopping for Your First—or Next—Intraoral Scanner?
Renew Digital can help you compare brand-new Alliedstar scanners with certified pre-owned iTero systems and determine which approach makes the most sense for your workflows and budget.
We'll help you look beyond the purchase price at software, support, ongoing costs, and the clinical applications that matter to your practice.
**The right scanner isn't necessarily the most expensive one. It's the one that makes going digital make sense.**
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