PaX-Duo3D Digital Radiography System

PaX-Duo3D Digital Radiography System

Vatech America

The 2-in-1 PaX-Duo3D provides true digital pan plus CT.

Vatech America’s PaX-Duo3D CBCT features automatic switching between panoramic and CT sensors, and includes advanced 3D scanning and quick rotation for 2D scans. Dedicated scanning modes for incisors, the mandibular canal, and maxillary molars provide superior image quality with 3D cross-sectional, canal, and implant simulation. Four fields of view (5 cm x 5 cm, 8.5 cm x 8.5 cm, 12 cm x 8.5 cm, and 12 cm x 13.5 cm) optimize diagnostic and therapeutic efficiency.

Image Quality

Adaptive layer-control technology eliminates blurred incisor and molar images, and the optimizing process technology automatically displays the best image. Each PaX-Duo3D capture mode (maxillary, mandible, occlusion, and TMJ) produces an optimized image of the region of interest, and specifi cally supports the right, left, and center area for precise diagnoses.

All 10 of the dentists (PaX-Duo3D users) who participated in this Dental Product Shopper evaluation rated image quality as excellent, and 8 cited it as a favorite feature. Nine evaluators rated anatomical accuracy as excellent, and 1 rated it as very good. One evaluator reported “scatter around metal objects” and suggested “a longer fi eld of view and dual-cut sectional views of the upper and lower jaws simultaneously.” One dentist called it “a quick and easy source for diagnostic images,” and another said it “integrates well into my current network and takes great pans and excellent conebeam images.” One evaluator cited “incredible images… both 2D and 3D capability” as his favorite features. “The image quality is superior to others,” said an evaluator from British Columbia.

Ease of Use

Ease of use of the PaX-Duo3D is maximized by a user-friendly menu bar, guidance display, clinical information, and customizable features that enable creation of personalized menus. An imbedded camera facilitates patient positioning.

Overall ease of use of the PaX-Duo3D was rated as excellent by 5 evaluators and as very good by 5. A California dentist said, “Patient positioning took some trial and error,” but said he would defi nitely recommend the unit and even purchase again. One evaluator called it “especially easy to use,” and another said it “requires very little extra staff training.”

“I like that it’s a stand-up unit and can fi t in spaces where existing pans are,” said a Green Bay, WI, evaluator. “I can take a CT and, within 2 minutes, pull the image up in any 1 of 7 operatories.”

Some evaluators commented on technical support, describing it as “generally excellent” and “fantastic.” A dentist who gave the system an overall rating of excellent said, “They sent out a trainer on their dollar to re-train us because we weren’t utilizing the entire machine to its maximum design.”

Treatment Planning: Software

Seven dentists rated PaX-Duo3D’s ability to aid in treatment planning as excellent and 3 rated it as very good; 5 cited this as a feature they’d like to see improved, suggesting improved implant planning software and “more guidance in the treatment-planning session…a way to place in other implant systems.”

Ease of use and integration of software was rated as excellent by 2 evaluators, as very good by 4, as good by 3, and as fair by 1. An evaluator who called it “easy to learn” said he’d “like to be able to launch the pan from my [practice management] software so it imports the pan directly.” One dentist called the software “intuitive.”

Overall Satisfaction

Eight evaluators called PaX-Duo3D much better than similar systems; 9 would defi nitely recommend it and 8 would definitely purchase it. A North Carolina dentist said, “The overall cost for what you’re receiving is excellent.” “Having CT has been a great asset to my practice. I’m extremely happy with the PaX-Duo,” said a dentist who called it “the best priced unit I’ve found with both true pan and cone-beam capabilities.” Overall satisfaction was rated as excellent by 5 evaluators and as very good by 5.