Dental X-ray Units and Phosphor Plates.

This address says “intraoral scanners.” It is not that device. An optical scanner that takes a digital impression is the intraoral scanner guide. This page is radiography: two phosphor-plate readers, two intraoral x-ray heads, and one panoramic unit.

A plate reader does not expose the patient. The x-ray head does. A sensor is the other way to capture that exposure, and it is the sensor guide. A panoramic machine is a different unit from both. The panoramic guide is the buying page for that category. Cone beam is the CBCT guide.

How to choose among these x-ray devices

• Reader, tube, or panoramic. Xios Scan and the Pspix digitize a plate that was already exposed. The Veraview iX and the MAX70 are the generators that make the exposure. The Veraview IC5 is a panoramic unit. A plate scanner does not replace the tube. A tube does not replace the reader.
• Plates or a sensor. Phosphor plates are reusable film-sized receptors. A sensor is a different receptor on a wire or a wireless housing. Offices pick one path for bitewings. This page’s readers are the plate path.
• Do not mix the resolution numbers. Xios states up to 22 line pairs per millimeter. The IC5 states a figure in micrometers. The other three devices on this page do not state a resolution. Those are not one scale.
• Exposure time is not readout time. The iX states an exposure window. The IC5 states a panoramic sweep. The Pspix states how quickly the image appears after the plate is read. That last number is the reader, not the dose.

What each device on this page actually is

These are the five devices that belong to this URL. None of them is an optical impression scanner.

Xios Scan

Xios Scan is a stationary reader for phosphor plates. The listing says it scans the plate with a laser and states up to 22 line pairs per millimeter. The plate still has to be exposed by an x-ray head. This machine is not a wand for a crown impression.

Pspix

Pspix is a cordless plate reader, listed with plates in the kit and with parts that come off to be sterilized. The “seconds” in the listing are how long the reader takes to show an image. They are not an exposure time. You still need a generator, and you still need a sensor or this plate path for every bitewing.

Veraview iX

The Veraview iX is an intraoral x-ray head: a DC generator, LED and laser positioning, and a stated exposure window. It is not the panoramic IC5 that shares the Veraview name, and it is not a plate reader. Whatever captures the image — sensor or plate — is a second device.

MAX70

The MAX70 is the other intraoral head on this page, sold on arm reach and a wireless remote. No resolution and no exposure window are stated for it here, so the iX numbers are not copied onto it. Compare reach and how the exposure is triggered. Both still need a receptor.

Veraview IC5

The IC5 is a panoramic unit: a sweep of the jaws, not a periapical and not a plate reader. Panoramic buying, including the newer units offices actually compare, is the panoramic guide. The IC5 stays on this page so the old address is not mistaken for a scanner.

Related guides

• Intraoral scanners, for digital impressions
• Digital x-ray sensors
• Phosphor plate systems
• Panoramic x-ray units
• Intraoral x-ray units
• Imaging equipment

X-ray questions

Is this the intraoral scanner page?

No. The URL still contains those words. Optical impression scanners are here. This page is x-ray equipment only.

Do I need both a plate reader and an x-ray head?

If you use phosphor plates, yes. The head exposes the plate. The reader digitizes it. A sensor replaces the plate and the reader, and it still needs the x-ray head.