Shining 3D · Mid-range tier
Shining 3D Aoralscan 3
The most scanner you can get for around ten thousand dollars. It is a previous-generation engine, and you can see that if you zoom into the texture, but for ortho records, study models and routine single units it does the job without a subscription.
Independent review
None published
Nobody has put this scanner through a published clinical review. Weigh the specification below accordingly.
Street price
- United States
- $9,000 to $11,000
- India
- 4.5 to 5.5 lakh
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
What is good
- Fast for the money, close to scanners costing twice as much
- Excellent AI removal of tongue, cheek and finger
- Full software suite included, no subscription and no cloud storage bill
- Open files, so any lab and any aligner supplier can take the case
What is not
- Needs an external power adapter and several cables on the bench
- Lower scan resolution than the current premium generation
- Smaller field of view means more passes on a full arch
- Previous-generation optical engine
Specification
- Weight
- 240 g
- Field of view
- 16 x 12 mm
- Full arch scan
- 30 to 35 seconds
- Tips
- Autoclavable, 100 cycles
- Files
- Open STL, OBJ, PLY
- Subscription
- None, with unlimited free cloud storage
What it costs to run
- Consumables
- Autoclavable tips, 100 cycles each
- Software
- Included, no subscription
- Cloud
- Unlimited, free
Buy it if
A first scanner for an orthodontic or general practice that wants open files and refuses to pay a subscription.
Look elsewhere if
Practices whose bread and butter is crown and bridge with deep margins, where the extra resolution of the Medit pair earns its money.
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 | $9,000 to $11,000 | Under $11,000 with a laptop |
| Independent rating | None published | None published |
| Tier | Mid-range | Entry |
| Files | Open STL | Open STL |
| Subscription | None | None |
| Invisalign here | No | No |
| Five year cost | $15,600 (best of those compared) | $16,800 |
| Pays for itself in | 4 months | 4 months |
| Handpiece weight | 240 g | Not published |
| Connection | Wired | Wired |
| Best at | Ortho and records | Ortho and records |
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.
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Sources
Kythro sells practice management software, not scanners. We have no commercial relationship with any manufacturer listed here.
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Everything else
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- 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
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