The first scanner is really a workflow decision: Inside DEXIS Imprevo™ and the ecosystem behind it
A dentist weighing the move to a digital practice tends to frame it as a scanner purchase. The people behind DEXIS Imprevo™ argue the decision is larger than the device. A digital impression is the first step of the entire digital workflow, and the quality of that first step shapes everything that follows it.
“A digital impression is the first step in digital dentistry, and it sets the tone for the whole workflow. Poor imaging limits what even good software can fix later, so the start has to be right.” - Stef Vanneste, Vice President, Europe Commercial, Diagnostics, DEXIS
A scanner you can start with
For a practice moving from analog to digital, the first scanner has to be approachable. Imprevo is built to switch on and scan, with image quality that holds regardless of the dentist’s habits or the complexity of the case. It is designed to work across clinic sizes and levels of digital maturity, so it suits a practice taking its first digital step as readily as one already running digital workflows. The name joins “impression” and “evolution”, the company’s shorthand for improving the step it replaces.
“Imprevo’s ease of use makes it a strong first scanner for practices moving from analog to digital, and it still raises the level for practices that are already highly digital.” - Radmila Marsounova, Senior Business Operations Manager & UKI Regional Sales Manager, DEXIS
What changes the conversation
The part that tends to shift the discussion comes after the scan. Imprevo captures through IS ScanFlow 2.0 and links into DTX Studio™ Clinic, where a patient’s intraoral and extraoral images, x-rays and photos sit together in one suite. The dentist works without switching screens or software. DEXIS says buyers who arrive interested only in the scanner are often most struck by this part. Within DTX Studio Clinic, AI-assisted tools surface dental findings, which the company frames as a productivity gain rather than another screen to manage.
“Most dentists come to us for the scanner. What surprises them is the ecosystem behind it. Scan with Imprevo, link straight into DTX Studio Clinic, and every image for a patient sits in one place, with no switching between screens or software.” - Stef Vanneste
What it means at the chairside
For a buyer, the test is what those features amount to in daily practice. DEXIS frames Imprevo around two qualities a dentist can judge directly: simplicity and image quality for capture. The aim is confidence and accuracy at the chairside, with images seamlessly integrated into DTX Studio Clinic to support diagnostics, treatment planning and patient communication.
“What sets Imprevo apart is the combination of simplicity and image quality. Any dentist, at any experience level, can capture an impression that is fast, accurate and high quality, with results flowing into DTX Studio Clinic to support diagnostic workflows.” Stef Vanneste
The support behind the switch
A scanner is only part of what a practice takes on, and the transition is where the risk sits. DEXIS sells through an indirect model: a network of channel partners across the UK, each selected and trained to support a practice before, during and after the purchase. That covers demonstration, training during installation and further training afterward, with the option to return to the partner network or to DEXIS directly. Clinical education runs through the DEXIS Academy, which opens further digital-workflow training for dentists. The Academy carries tutorials and downloads alongside paid sessions, including on-site training shaped around a practice’s own workflow.
“We support UK practices through a network of channel partners, each selected and trained to help before, during and after the purchase. Nobody is left to work it out alone.” Radmila Marsounova
How to judge it, and what stands behind it
For a dentist who is not yet convinced, DEXIS leans on demonstration rather than argument. The phrase the company uses is “seeing is believing”: put Imprevo and DTX Studio Clinic in a dentist’s hands and let the result speak, with peer trust carrying more weight than a sales pitch. On outcomes, DEXIS points to a published case study in which a practice using Imprevo and IS ScanFlow 2.0 freed up chair time for other procedures and improved case acceptance. Behind the product sits a reliability claim that matters when poor imaging limits what software can correct later: Imprevo is backed by 70 years alongside other renowned brands including Instrumentarium, ICat, Sorodex, Digora, and Gendex from DEXIS. The company also describes Imprevo as an in-house development built on intraoral-scanning capability it acquired, pairing the speed of that acquisition with design and research it owns across its R&D centres. It presents this mix of product, support and education as what separates it from other simpler or cheaper devices in the market.
“Seeing is believing. Put Imprevo and DTX Studio Clinic in a dentist’s hands for a demo and the decision tends to make itself.” Stef Vanneste
The case DEXIS is making
Imprevo is the dependable first step that opens a wider workflow, supported through the transition rather than handed over and left. For a practice weighing the move to digital, that pairing, a first scanner that fits daily practice and an ecosystem behind it, is the argument DEXIS puts forward.
About DEXIS
The recognized and trusted DEXIS products are built on over 70 years of dental imaging expertise, combining leading brands including SOREDEX™, Instrumentarium, Gendex™ and i-CAT™. Today, over 236,000 DEXIS devices are currently being used in dental practices around the world.
Find out more
DEXIS Imprevo - https://dexis.com/en-uk/intraoral-scanning
Contributors
Stef Vanneste, Vice President, Europe Commercial, Diagnostics, DEXIS
Radmila Marsounova, Senior Business Operations Manager & UKI Regional Sales Manager, DEXIS
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