3Shape · Premium tier
3Shape TRIOS 6
3Shape's current flagship, and the successor to the highest-rated scanner in this list. Hyperspectral imaging is the headline: near-infrared, blue and white light combined for up to 110 percent more resolution than the TRIOS 5.
Independent review
None published
Nobody has put this scanner through a published clinical review. Weigh the specification below accordingly.
Street price
- United States
- From $27,900
- 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
- Optional
- Best at
- All indications
Invisalign depends on where you are
- United States
- Cannot submit Invisalign cases here
- India
- Align accepts these scans here
What is good
- The most capable scanner 3Shape currently makes
- Hyperspectral capture adds diagnostic information, not just geometry
- New All-on-X workflow for full-arch implant cases
- Inherits the TRIOS software suite, the most feature-rich here
What is not
- Wireless only, so there is no cheaper wired configuration
- Dx Plus AI diagnostics cost about $199 a month on top
- Expensive before you count either subscription
- Cannot submit Invisalign cases in the United States
Specification
- Technology
- Hyperspectral: near-infrared, blue and white light
- Resolution
- Up to 110 percent higher than the TRIOS 5
- Connection
- Wireless only, pod or MOVE Pro
- AI diagnostics
- Dx Plus platform, five tools, separate subscription
- Files
- Open export
- Price
- From $27,900 excluding tax and shipping
What it costs to run
- Dx Plus
- About $199 a month, optional
- TRIOS Care
- Free year one, then an annual fee
- Consumables
- Single-use sleeves per patient
Buy it if
Established practices that want the newest 3Shape hardware and will actually use the hyperspectral and AI diagnostic features.
Look elsewhere if
Anyone who would not use hyperspectral imaging. A discounted TRIOS 5 does most of the same clinical work for less.
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 | From $27,900 | About $35,000 |
| Independent rating | None published | None published |
| Tier | Premium | Premium |
| Files | Open STL | Vendor portal |
| Subscription | Optional | Optional |
| Invisalign here | No | No |
| Five year cost | $51,114 | $40,500 (best of those compared) |
| Pays for itself in | 13 months | 13 months |
| Handpiece weight | Not published | Not published |
| Connection | Wireless | Wired |
| Best at | All indications | All indications |
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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