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Understanding What Your X-Ray, CBCT, or Scanner Is Really Worth—and How to Maximize It

It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time of year again to start thinking about how to reduce your practice’s tax liability for 2025.

Section 179 of the IRS tax code, designed to encourage small businesses, including many private practices, to invest in their practice and allow them to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software that has been purchased or financed during the tax year from their total gross income.

For dental practices, this means that the cost of capital equipment such as CBCT, digital X-ray machines, intraoral scanners, and even software can be fully or partially deducted from gross income. This means your practice can write off the full purchase amount this year and are no longer required to depreciate the equipment over time as they have in previous tax years.

Calculating this deduction effectively can help reduce tax liabilities and improve cash flow for practices. Here’s a guide to understanding and calculating the Section 179 deduction for dental imaging equipment.

The Alliedstar Sensa—unveiled at IDS 2025 in Cologne, Germany—is a bold reconceptualization of Alliedstar’s intraoral scanner lineup.

It’s no industry secret that iTero scanners are a mainstay in dental offices, offering great value to the dentists and professionals that use them. Fast, accurate, and comfortable for patients, iTero scanners can improve workflows and practice efficiency.

In contrast to conventional methods, which provide only indirect digitalization of the full dental arch, modern intraoral scanners provide direct digitalization of the full arch through a direct scan of the patient’s mouth cavity. This can often be performed in a single scan, and modern dental scanners can often capture the scan in under a minute, and some in under half a minute.

​The iTero Element Flex 5D Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Intraoral Scanner, available through iTero certified reseller Renew Digital, offers a portable and advanced solution for dental professionals seeking high-quality digital impressions without the need for a dedicated cart system.

Are your patients big fans of Invisalign^®? 

The iTero Element^® 5D intraoral scanner is an evolution of the iTero Element family of scanners. Developed by Align Technology, this advanced scanner combines traditional 3D digital scanning with cutting-edge diagnostic tools, such as Near-Infrared Imaging (NIRI), to offer a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment planning solution.

Invisalign®, the choice clear-aligner brand from Align Technologies, has transformed orthodontic treatment. It's fair to say... Invisalign is to clear aligners as Kleenex is to tissue paper, it's the household name brand that's hear to stay (just ask your patients).

More than likely, if you're researching intraoral scanners... you don't want a good price and good value slip by! And of course, you want to find the right equipment that fits the needs and skills of you and your staff, which takes time and evaluation.

With so many well-known and up-and-coming brands in intraoral scanning, it's hard to keep track of all your options! This makes it even more important that you’re getting all of the details regarding regarding speed, specs, features, and warranty in order to make an apples-to-apples comparison of the different brands and models available. 

Arriving at a totally transparent cost can be difficult because of the number of factors involved in determining the overall cost of an intraoral scanner.

Today we’ll outline what you can expect to pay for an intraoral scanner today and forecasted into 2025.