Over the past decade, intraoral scanning has become increasingly popular among dental and specialty practices as a portable, less-invasive alternative to traditional impressions. As one of the leading intraoral scanner brands, the iTero Element® family of products are designed to provide dental professionals with the speed, reliability, intuitive operation, and high-quality visuals to help improve your scanning capabilities.
To get a sense of their popularity, to date, scans from iTero® devices have been used in more than 8 million restorative crowns, bridges, and custom implant abutment cases and more than 40 million iTero orthodontic scans worldwide. As a proud re-seller of certified pre-owned iTero scanners, we’ve answered some common questions that we typically receive from doctors researching or just getting started with iTero. Let’s take a look!
How Does an iTero Scanner Work?
Many dental and specialty practices use iTero Element scanners to generate diagnostic and preparation scans, most commonly for restorative and orthodontic procedures. Replacing traditional molds, a digital impression improves documentation and storage, with simple exportation to a lab, mill, 3D printer, referral, etc.
Since they use optical and laser technology instead of X-rays, there is no ionizing radiation dose associated with the scan. iTero Element® scanners are accurate and fast, capable of capturing a full-arch scan in less than one minute. iTero Element® intraoral scanners also capture accurate scans in true, vivid color that make it easy to visually distinguish between hard and soft tissue.
Portable, fast, powerful, and featuring simplified operation, iTero Element® intraoral scanners deliver advanced visualization capabilities in a compact design. Beyond the scanner itself, iTero scanners have a wide variety of display options to customize your view based on your practice configuration, including cart-style and laptop-style displays. Displays are a great way to share the results of a scan with a patient for chairside visualization, which improves the overall patient experience and encourages treatment acceptance.
How Is an iTero Scanner Used?
The iTero Element® uses an optical impression system (CAD/CAM) to capture images of the surface-level details of the teeth and oral tissue.
Typically, doctors we speak with regard iTero for their orthodontic and/or restorative capabilities. iTero scans are frequently used to produce dental devices such as aligners, restorations, and surgical guides. Many doctors are also incorporating iTero scans in their restorative/prosthetic cases, using digital impressions to diagnose and plan treatments such as crowns and bridges.
One of the most highly regarded aspects of iTero from doctors we speak with is their award-winning My iTero software. With a wide variety of walkthrough guides for scanning, My iTero creates patient records that can be easily exported andshared when needed. Many doctors consider the itero software one of the high marks of the system.
How Much Does an iTero Element® Cost?
When considering intraoral scanners for your practice, you’re likely thinking about cost when comparing brands and products. One important consideration when shopping intraoral scanners is whether or not it will require registration and a monthly subscription. This has an obvious impact on your bottom line and your total cost of ownership.
The cost you can expect to pay depends on the model you choose and selected features (such as a laptop). For most iTero Element scanners,, you can expect to pay $30,000-$70,000 each for a new system.
Typically, iTero Element scanners have a monthly access fee, which covers the software subscription, training and support. As an alternative to purchasing new, iTero also offers their certified pre-owned program. When you purchase a certified pre-owned system from Renew Digital, your purchase includes three years of monthly access, including software, training and warranty with no monthly fees.
What’s Included With My Purchase?
When you purchase an iTero Element® scanner from a distributor, your purchase should go beyond the scanner itself. Here are a few items included when you purchase through Renew Digital.
- Wands and Tips: Your purchase of an iTero intraoral scanner comes with two autoclavable tips (we include two tips with every IOS we sell).
- 3D Optimized Laptop: While some IOS models use a cart, many dental professionals we speak with prefer operating their scanner with a touchscreen laptop for both portability and ease of chairside viewing.
- Software Access: Every IOS model we sell comes with software access to get you scanning quickly.
- Warranty: Your iTero purchase includes a 3-year comprehensive warranty handled directly through iTero. It covers 100% of the repair or replacement of defective parts at no additional cost during the service term.
What Happens After the Purchase?
After you’ve completed your purchase order, you will be contacted by one of the dedicated iTero Support and Integration teams to coordinate your staff training to get you scanning as quickly as possible. This is part of iTero’s commitment to ensuring your practice can maximize productivity with their scanners.
The iTero Certified Pre-Owned scanners are also supported just like new scanners with a dedicated team of service and support staff that practices have access to. This covers 100% of the cost of repair or replacement of faulty parts at no additional cost to you during the service term. iTero’s support team also provides instructional materials, including videos, interactive courses and other instructional support that allow you to learn at your own pace.
More Questions? Contact Us!
Renew Digital is proud to be an authorized distributor of the iTero Certified Pre-Owned Program. As part of this, we offer the iTero Element® Flex Foundation Certified Pre-Owned Scanner with no recurring costs, with software, subscription and warranty included for 3 years. Learn more about this program by contacting Renew Digital at 888-246-5611 or contact us online.
