New dental imaging workflows, digital expertise and maximum usability – these are the hallmarks of the ProXam KaVo imaging product range, launched in March 2023.
A new intraoral camera was recently added to the range. In an interview with Jan Moed (CCO for Global Marketing and Sales), we discuss customer feedback about the new premium product range over the past few months and look ahead to what’s to come.
Mr Moed, in March 2023 you introduced the ProXam range. How was the new Imaging product range received by the target group?
Our ProXam Imaging series has been designed to provide the best solution to the daily challenges of dental diagnostics and to offer a range of options for a digital future. Our product portfolio directly addresses what dentists need in their practices today and in the future. This is reflected in the response to our products.
Since its launch at the beginning of last year, our ProXam Imaging portfolio has met with great interest from our selected specialist dealers and valued customers. When providing feedback, our customers regularly mention the intuitive operation of our products and the all-in-one Romexis software. They also speak very positively about the high image quality and open interfaces.
Customers describe our entire product portfolio, the support provided by our specialist dealers and our service team, and the training and the hotline support from our Biberach site as highly professional. We’re committed to offering our customers superb service on an ongoing basis, together with our excellent products.
Can you recap the ProXam portfolio for customers?
The Imaging portfolio is a premium product range for extraoral and intraoral imaging and intraoral scanning. Besides the imaging units themselves, we also offer our all-in-one Romexis software, which allows you to connect different units. KaVo’s extraoral range comprises three X-ray machines designed for the most exacting requirements.
The KaVo ProXam 2D was developed especially for 2D imaging requirements and includes programs for panoramic, extraoral bitewing, temporomandibular joint and sinus imaging. The KaVo ProXam 3D and KaVo ProXam 3DQ offer intelligent 3D imaging programs and enable dentists to conduct cephalometric X-rays.
The main difference is their maximum 3D volume size. Highlights include the Ultra Low Dose and Calm modes. The effective radiation dose per patient can be reduced by an average of 77% in Ultra Low Dose mode without any loss of image quality. CALM mode, meanwhile, eliminates the effects of patient movement. This is particularly useful when taking X-ray images of restless or lively patients such as children, people with special needs or elderly patients. However, the algorithm also benefits images across the board, as it improves quality. Ultra Low Dose and CALM mode can be used for all voxel sizes and all 3D images.
The primary component of the intraoral KaVo ProXam portfolio is the KaVo ProXam iX X-ray tube, which can be positioned easily and precisely and ensures high-quality image results thanks to its focal point of just 0.4 mm.
High image quality is also ensured by the KaVo ProXam iS intraoral X-ray sensors, which offer impressive handling when combined with the KaVo ProXam iX.
The intraoral product range is completed by the KaVo ProXam iP, a compact, powerful imaging plate scanner, and the KaVo ProXam iOS, an intraoral scanner with a remarkable scanning speed and user-friendly features.
Experience has shown that people need X-ray software explaining to them. Are there prejudices or reservations that you repeatedly encounter in your day-to-day business?
Using our all-in-one Romexis software, which allows you to interconnect multiple units, represents a major step forward for any dental practice. The software can be adapted to the individual needs of dental practices and is highly intuitive to operate. Of course, some practices are still hesitant about switching from another brand to KaVo.
So, as soon as dentists do decide to switch, we offer them dependable support from our selected dealers and qualified digital solutions specialists, who assist them as they advance into the future. This includes explaining our digital solutions.
The ProXam iCam has been part of the intraoral camera range since January of last year. Could you tell us more about the new product and how it interacts with others within the range?
The new KaVo ProXam iCam is a digital imaging diagnostic tool that can be connected directly to Romexis. It offers a high depth of field and superb user-friendliness.
The ProXam iCam is easy to operate with a button or foot control, and comes with a practical macro mode for close-ups. Its sharp intraoral images facilitate diagnostics, aid image documentation and make patient communication that much easier.
The ProXam iCam can be connected directly to the KaVo CONNECTbase and CONEXIO patient communication systems via interfaces, so diagnoses and treatment results can be discussed with the patient with direct reference to the image.
The KaVo ProXam iCam enhances our range of intraoral cameras. Our DIAGNOcam Vision Full HD is also available with the Romexis software. The DIAGNOcam Vision Full HD enables triple diagnostics using high-resolution intraoral images for initial visual diagnosis, in-depth insights into the tooth structure with transillumination technology, and informative fluorescence images. All three diagnostic images appear on your screen within one second, in full HD resolution.
Source: Oemus Verlag | Dentalzeitung 1/2025
