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Dental Products Report 2023 Spring Selection – Round 4 – Quadrant Finals
With the competing products trimmed down to 8, the Dental Products Report 2023 Spring Selection rolls on into the 4th round of voting.
Just 8 dental products remain alive as the Dental Products Report® 2023 Spring Selection begins the Quadrant Finals. There were some close matchups and some blowouts in the 3rd round of the tournament, but for the first time no ties requiring a flip of the coin to decide who advances.
The trends have clearly emerged with loupes being the only category of dental product with more than one representative still in the mix. Seedings also continue to mean little to voters, as all four number 1 seeds are now gone, and the final 8 consists of one 5 seed, 2 7 seeds, an 8 seed, a pair of 12 seeds, and another pair of 15 seeds.
Read on about this round's matchups and the paths each product took to get there, and then vote for the ones you want to see represent their quadrant in the semifinals next week.
Upper Left Quadrant Final
i700 Wireless Vs. Dragonfly
In a matchup that will determine the Upper Left Champion, Medit's i700 Wireless is matched up against Orascoptic's Dragonfly. It's a versatile, go anywhere intraoral scanner versus a go anywhere, self-contained loupe and light system.
The path to the quarterfinals for the i700 Wireless has included victories over a power brush, and intraoral scanner, and most recently a solid showing as it advanced over a 3D print resin. For Dragonfly, the road has featured an equally varied opposition, but the loupes make it to the quarterfinals after storming past the DPR newsroom favorite, Surgio.
Who advances to the semifinals, the wireless scanner, or the wireless loupes?
Lower Left Quadrant Final
Infinity VUE Vs. K2 Mobile
The strong performance from magnification solutions continued in the Lower Left Quadrant where Designs for Vision's Infinity VUE loupes with take on the K2 Mobile diode laser. The loupes are the highest seed remaining in the bracket, but it's clear by now this has been any product's tournament from the start.
To make it to the Quadrant Final matchup Infinity VUE loupes have seen their way past a wide range of products with a stronger showing in each consecutive round. For the K2 Mobile laser the path to this match has been one victory after another over a technology product before it edged its way into the quarterfinals.
Will there be a loupes showdown in the next round, or will the diode laser continue to blast the competition??
Upper Right Quadrant Final
DWX 53-DC Vs. DentBird Crown
The product that will represent the Upper Right Quadrant will definitely be a digital dentistry solution as this matchup pits Roland DGSHAPE's newest mill, the DWX-53DC up against DentBird's AI crown design system, DentBird Crown.
For the DWX-53DC this must seem like deja vu. For the past two rounds the robust milling system has faced off with artificial intelligence-powered software solutions, and after edging past it's oppenent in the 3rd round, it must face one more if it is going to advance. For it's part, DentBird Crown has had little problem dispatching the competition, whether it's a CAD/CAM or a home care solution. Now it is the last software application alive in the bracket.
Who takes this final showdown between CAD/CAM mills and artificial intelligence software??
Lower Right Quadrant Final
Perfect Touch Micro Applicator Brushes Vs. Proxeo TWIST
The final matchup in the Lower Right Quadrant might be the most surprising of the entire tournament. Dental Creations' Perfect Touch Micro Applicator Brushes have been a strong performer from the start, but the same is true for the other side of this matchup, W&H's Proxeo TWIST prophy handpieces.
For the brushes it's been a romp past products from some of the largest brands in the industry, and in the 3rd round they just squeaked past Dentsply Sirona's Primeprint. For the handpiece the story has been a bit different, but no less unlikely. The matches have rarely been close, and the vote totals for the Proxeo have been sizable. This matchup could go either way.
What moves on the printer or the brushes?
