Dentsply Sirona has announced the introduction of Smart View – Monitor, a new feature within its DS Core platform designed to help dental professionals identify and visualize changes in patients’ oral structures over time. The tool automatically aligns current and previous digital impressions captured with Primescan or Primescan 2 intraoral scanners, providing a visual comparison that can support clinical assessment, preventive care, and patient communication.
Although intraoral scans are commonly obtained for restorative procedures, Smart View – Monitor enables clinicians to use existing scan data to evaluate changes between appointments. Potential applications include monitoring tooth wear, tooth movement, gingival recession, soft-tissue changes, and changes associated with periodontal conditions. These comparisons may help clinicians assess disease progression, evaluate treatment outcomes, and discuss preventive interventions, such as occlusal guards or splints.
Because changes in oral structures often occur gradually, patients may not recognize them without a visual comparison. By displaying differences between scans obtained months or years apart, the software provides clinicians with additional information to interpret and discuss with patients.
“I can tell a patient their teeth or gums have changed since the last visit, and they’ll nod along,” said Dr. Melonie MacDonald. “But a single change doesn’t tell you much. What’s more important is trajectory: how much things have shifted, and how quickly. When I turn the screen around and walk them through their scans over time, they can see the progression for themselves while I explain what it means. That's when the conversation changes from me recommending treatment to the patient accepting it.”
The software segments teeth and soft tissues and uses a color-coded gradient to illustrate differences between selected scans. Green indicates areas with minimal or no detectable change, while red and blue represent deviations in opposite directions. These three-dimensional visualizations can help clinicians explain findings and discuss potential treatment considerations. Clinical interpretation remains the responsibility of the dental professional.
Smart View – Monitor is integrated into the DS Core digital platform, which supports the organization and review of patient imaging data, including radiographs, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans, intraoral scans, and clinical photographs. The new feature complements Smart View, which facilitates CBCT visualization, and Smart View – Detect, which helps identify teeth with potential periapical lesions.
"Typically, dentists can see a change long before a patient notices it," said Wolf-Dieter Perlitz, Senior Director DS Core at Dentsply Sirona. "When patients can see it too, the conversation about what to do next gets much easier. Part of the DS Core promise is helping clinicians get more out of the scans and images they already have."
Smart View – Monitor is scheduled to become available in Europe and North America on November 17, 2026.
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