Digital radiography sensors are added in Imaging Devices for use in the Imaging Module.

Alternatively, instead of directly using sensors, you also have the option of using a Program Link to 3rd party software.

Tested Sensors

Any sensor with a 32-bit TWAIN driver should be compatible, but we have not tested them all. The following sensors have been reported by users to work well with Open Dental.

• Acuity Direct X-Ray Photon Detection Intraoral Sensor
• Apex Sensor
• CareStream RVG
• Jazz
• NewTom
• Quickray
• Schick
• VaTech
• XDR

As of 12/31/2024, Dentsply Sirona is discontinuing support for the drivers below. Contact us if you need assistance obtaining a driver.

• Air Techniques Scan X
• Belmont Bel-Cypher panoramic
• DentiMax
• Digital Doc Blu
• Gendex - works, but Twain driver might be hard to get. Might need to pay a lot or get it from your local equipment dealer.
• Kavo panoramic
• Tuxedo
• Woodpecker H1 and H2. Twain driver is available online. Support is out of China.

Untested Sensors

• Sota Clio

Known Issues

iRay sensor 6/5/2023
We have two complaints about the software crashing. But when the sensors are tested with EZDent and Twacker, they do the same thing. This indicates that it's not a problem with our software, but with the TWAIN driver supplied by iRay. There's nothing we can do.

XVDental 9/25/2024
Can close unexpectedly if the twain driver was set to Radiograph. So we recommend setting type to Multi. This will sort of work. It doesn't send the images back to Open Dental until the third image is taken. So it's sort of confusing where you are in the mount. If you accidentally take more images than needed, all the extra images are still sent back to Open Dental in the unmounted section so you can still rearrange as needed.

Setup

If there isn't a setup page above for your sensor, here's the basic strategy.

Install the TWAIN driver provided by the sensor manufacturer. Add the sensor in Imaging Devices. Make sure to check the box for "Show TWAIN UI".