Design confidently with SNAP and get your Freedom.

Today, We will introduce DOF’s face scanner, SNAP, which is a hot issue in every exhibition with its compact design and ease of use.

SNAP is a face scanner that allows to scan face of a patient and to illustrate it into 3D data.

SNAP, a 70g weights and 16cm long miniature scanner, is simply attached to a tablet PC, so it can scan the face of the patient while sitting on a chair. Highly accurate 3D face data is extracted in just 10 seconds with a very simple operation.

First, it helps to draw the midline of the face and the smile line.

Referencing the midline and the smile line can significantly reduce the remakes when designing a complicated full mouth cases or esthetic anterior cases.

Second, it helps to set the occlusal plane.

 You can extract the camper's plane from the 3D face information of SNAP and set the exact occlusal plane from it. If you use SNAP in an edentulous patient case where it is difficult to set the occlusal plane, you can design confidently with a more accurate occlusal plane.           

               

Third, you can design the restoration that fits to your patient's face.

It is easy to select the library that suits the patient's face shape and can apply the Canine Guidance effectively to improve the design quality.

With SNAP, it is possible to precisely set the plane of the design such as the midline, smile line, and occlusal plane, and it is possible to design a tooth suitable for the patient's facial appearance.

Let's look at a real case of how SNAP is being used effectively in clinical cases.

The first case is an esthetic anterior restoration case completed with SNAP.

The patient in this case is a young woman, so you need to pay more attention to the aesthetics of your restoration. The esthetic anterior restoration has a great effect on the appearance and overall impression when the patient smiles, so you need to check the detail and make the best outcome. 

Using SNAP, we were able to create restorations that would harmonize with patient facial features and you can see in the picture that the mid-line and the smile line fit perfectly.

The second case is a remake case where the patient was dissatisfied with the esthetics of the existing restoration so it was redesigned to meet the patient's request using SNAP.

If you look at the picture below, the smile line does not fit. When the patient smiles, the teeth of the maxilla are hardly visible.

Design restoration using 3D face scan data obtained from SNAP and model scan data.

The existing restoration did not fit the smile line because the length of the maxillary teeth was too short. Using SNAP 3D face information, you can determine the ideal maxillary tooth length to match the smile line.

As you can see from the picture below (after treatment), the ideal outcome for the patient's smile line has been created.

    

The last case is a full mouth restoration of upper and lower edentulous patients.

In this patient, an implant supported restoration will be made in the mandible and a full upper denture will be made in the maxilla. To make more accurate restoration, the information of the midline, smile line and occlusal plane is also required.

The picture below shows the patient's edentulous model scan data. In this case, it is very difficult to find the exact midline, smile line and occlusal plane without the patient's facial information.

As shown in the below picture, you can use SNAP face scan data to set the midline and the occlusal plane and create the complete restoration.

 Many edentulous cases have a high probability of remake for various reasons, but when restoration was made using SNAP, such problems were prevented in advance and the treatment was completed easily.

In case of full mouth restoration, incorrect smile line, case where patient's long axis is distorted, design becomes very difficult without patient's facial information.

It is natural that the probability of a remake goes up.

SNAP provides 3D data on the patient's face that can be applied directly in the software when designing the restoration. Clinicians, Dental technicians and Denturists can get the essential information from SNAP, which is very easy and simple to make digital, sophisticated and esthetic restorations.

Design confidently with SNAP and get your Freedom.