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LAB TRIBUNE | April 2011 Industry 3C Sensable Dental debuts new version of its touch-enabled virtual articulator Sensable Dental, a division of Sensable, announced the newest version of its Intellifit™ TE (Touch- Enabled) Digital Restoration System that offers dental labs even more choice, performance and flexibility in digitally designing and fabricating a wide range of dental restorations. The first and No. 1 selling system for partials and more, according to the company, Intellifit — formerly named the Sensable Dental Lab System — now adds support for touch-enabled articulation, veneers, enhanced design features and fabrication choices for crown and bridge, as well as increased 3-D printing capacity. “We’re proud to offer the indus- try’s first touch-enabled virtual articu- lator integrated into the Intellifit sys- tem,” said Bob Steingart, president of Sensable Dental. “Allowing lab techni- cians to assess the fit of restorations by ‘feel,’ in a way that they are used to — and giving them the tools to eas- ily make adjustments — means more productivity for labs. Besides innova- tions like this, we’re committed to giv- ing labs more choice, more flexibility and more restoration types from the same system. As the economy forces dental labs to more closely examine their productivity, Sensable offers labs practical solutions to better serve their doctors while achieving a strong return on investment.” Driven by the need to stay com- petitive and leverage a declining labor force of skilled technicians, dental labs are transitioning from painstak- ing hand waxing to streamlined digi- tal design and production at a rapid pace. Sensable’s Intellifit is helping transform an industry from an era of manual hand-crafting to greater pro- ductivity, profitability and precision. The system’s support for both fixed and removable restorations, produced faster and with heightened precision through its unique touch-enabled technology, allows dental labs of all sizes to gain a competitive advantage. Here are two responses to the tech- nology: • “We are using the Intellifit system to create both fixed and removable res- torations, including all-ceramic mono- lithic crowns, bridges and prepped veneers,” said Kristine Van Cleve, president of Dental Prosthetic Services in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “We especial- ly appreciate how the system makes pressing cost-effective by streamlining the process. We can quickly create cus- tomized digital tooth designs with full anatomy that perfectly match adjacent teeth, print, invest and then press.” • “We’ve designed more than 17,000 fixed and removable restorations dur- ing the past two and a half years using Intellifit, and the system’s efficiency and value for us keeps on growing,” said John Aitchison, owner of Minot Dental Lab in Minot, N.D. “Partials, crowns, bridges, overstructures, sub- structures and veneers — we can do them all with Intellifit. The system gives us precise and consistent results and accuracy that far exceeds hand waxing.” Contact Sensable for more infor- mation on Intellifit by calling toll- free (855) 872-7255 or visiting www. SensableDental.com. (Source: Sensable Dental) AD Intellifit, formerly named the Sensable Dental Lab System, now adds support for touch-enabled articulation, veneers, enhanced design fea- tures and fabrication choices for crown and bridge. (Photo/Provid- ed by Sensable Dental) LT