A leading dental practice in Southern California just spent over $50,000 on a new CEREC Primescan intraoral scanner, a top-tier machine meant to deliver precision and a better patient experience. But three months later, frustration was setting in.
Remake rates were up, crowns weren't fitting at the margins, and slow turnarounds from their long-standing dental lab wiped out any efficiency gains at the chair. The scanner wasn't the issue. The real problem was forcing that cutting-edge digital tool into an old-school analog workflow.
It's a disconnect that more and more practices are facing as the industry rushes to adopt new technology. For any practice that's invested heavily in an ecosystem like CEREC, it’s not enough to find a lab that can accept a digital file. They need one that can truly optimize it.
That’s the space where a lab like Creative Image Dental Laboratory operates. This California-based facility has built its entire model to serve as a high-tech counterpart for the modern digital dentist.
