Many practices are replacing their old system of X-ray film and a wet developer with digital radiography such as the Durr VistaScan Mini, but is it an easy transition? Well, the plates are the same size and handle in the same manner as film therefore there is little difference in taking intraoral exposures. One difference, however, is that VistaScan plates are noticeably thinner than film and patients often find them more tolerable intraorally.

The processing of the plates is clean, fast and predictable. The plate is placed in the scanning slot, which removes the plastic cover, runs through the Vista Scan Mini and drops out ready for recovering. This takes about 20 seconds per plate.

The Vista Scan Mini has a one-touch on button. This is compared to turning on a wet processor which can take half an hour to come up to the correct temperature, especially on a cold winter's day. There is minimal maintenance required with the Vista Scan Mini beyond a simple wipe of the scanning slot from time to time. No more weekly emptying, cleaning and refilling an old wet processor, which takes hours of valuable time and ruins many uniforms.

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