Alliedstar · Mid-range tier
Alliedstar Sensa
The surprise of the 2025 awards: third in the people's choice vote and winner of the overachiever category, from a company that also took rising star. A 230 g wireless scanner with a three year warranty at mid-range money.
Independent review
None published
Nobody has put this scanner through a published clinical review. Weigh the specification below accordingly.
Street price
- United States
- $14,995, or $16,995 with a laptop
- India
- No price on file
Before tax and before the computer. Dealer discounts are large and seasonal. No price on file means we have no reliable street price there, not necessarily that it is unavailable.
The short answers
- Files
- Open STL
- Subscription
- None
- Best at
- Ortho and crown and bridge
What is good
- Two independent awards in its first year on sale
- Three year warranty with drop protection, which is unusual
- Light for a wireless scanner
- No monthly software fees
What is not
- A young product from a young company
- Much less long-term evidence than Medit or Shining 3D
- Resale value unproven
Specification
- Weight
- 230 g, among the lightest wireless scanners
- Price
- $14,995, or $16,995 with a laptop
- Connection
- Wireless, USB 3.0
- Warranty
- Three years, including drop protection
- Subscription
- None
What it costs to run
- Software
- Included, no monthly fees
- Warranty
- Three years with drop protection
Buy it if
Practices that want wireless and a long warranty without paying premium-tier prices.
Look elsewhere if
Buyers who need a decade of track record before they will sign.
Compare it against something else
This scanner is pinned in the first column. Add up to two more to see where the differences actually are.
| Comparing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Street price | $14,995, or $16,995 with a laptop | $13,000 to $16,000 |
| Independent rating | None published | None published |
| Tier | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Files | Open STL | Open STL |
| Subscription | None | None |
| Invisalign here | No | No |
| Five year cost | $22,795 | $21,300 (best of those compared) |
| Pays for itself in | 7 months | 6 months (best of those compared) |
| Handpiece weight | 230 g | Not published |
| Connection | Wireless | Wired |
| Best at | Crown and bridge | Crown and bridge |
Cost and payback assume 40 scans a month. Set your own numbers in the scanner picker. The highlighted value in a row is simply the better one of those compared, not a verdict on the scanner.
Where to buy it
From the manufacturer
The manufacturer's own page is also where you will find real photographs of the handpiece.
Dealers and listings
- Voxel DentalUnited States
None of these are affiliate links and Kythro earns nothing if you buy. Always get at least two dealer quotes: list price is rarely the price anyone pays.
Sources
- Institute of Digital Dentistry: Alliedstar Sensa review
- Institute of Digital Dentistry: intraoral scanner awards 2025
Kythro sells practice management software, not scanners. We have no commercial relationship with any manufacturer listed here.
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- Dentsply Sirona Primescan 2
- Alliedstar AS 260
- Launca DL-300
- Runyes 3DS V5
- Straumann SIRIOS X3
- DEXIS Imprevo
- Medit i900 Mobility
- Dentsply Sirona Primescan
- Align Technology Element 5D Plus
- Shining 3D Aoralscan 3 Neo
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