Dentsply Sirona · Premium tier
Dentsply Sirona Primescan
The reference standard. When independent reviewers compare scanners, this is usually the one they measure the others against, and it has more published clinical accuracy research behind it than anything else in this list.
Independent review
None published
Nobody has put this scanner through a published clinical review. Weigh the specification below accordingly.
Street price
- United States
- About $35,000
- 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
- Vendor portal
- Subscription
- Optional
- Best at
- All indications
What is good
- The accuracy benchmark other scanners are judged against
- Deepest body of published clinical research
- Very dense mesh and excellent margin definition
- Mature CEREC chairside ecosystem
What is not
- Expensive, and now a generation behind
- STL export only, and only if you are lab-connected
- Reviewers note a saturated yellow hue in the native software
- Large and heavy next to current scanners
Specification
- Price
- About $35,000
- Mesh density
- Among the densest tessellation available
- Files
- STL only, and only when lab-connected
- Evidence
- The most published accuracy research of any scanner here
- Status
- Superseded by the cloud-native Primescan 2
What it costs to run
- Software
- CEREC ecosystem
- Export
- STL only, lab connection required
Buy it if
CEREC practices doing same-day dentistry who want the most evidenced accuracy available.
Look elsewhere if
Anyone who needs open files, or who would rather have the current generation for less 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 | About $35,000 | About $34,000 |
| Independent rating | None published | None published |
| Tier | Premium | Premium |
| Files | Vendor portal | Vendor portal |
| Subscription | Optional | Mandatory |
| Invisalign here | No | Native |
| Five year cost | $40,500 (best of those compared) | $65,200 |
| Pays for itself in | 13 months (best of those compared) | 15 months |
| Handpiece weight | Not published | Not published |
| Connection | Wired | Wired |
| Best at | All indications | 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.
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: five scanners compared on one prep
- Institute of Digital Dentistry: intraoral scanner price guide
Kythro sells practice management software, not scanners. We have no commercial relationship with any manufacturer listed here.
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