Planmeca Onyx Intraoral Scanner

Planmeca Oy is a dental equipment manufacturer headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, at Asentajankatu 6. Planmeca Onyx is its intraoral scanner, introduced at IDS 2025 in Cologne and manufactured at the Helsinki headquarters. The company does not state its founding year on the pages reviewed.

Onyx uses projected triangulation with red, green and blue LED light and a camera sensor, and works wired or wireless. The charging station includes three batteries, each up to 45 minutes of scanning. Scans run in Planmeca Romexis software, export open STL and PLY files, and connect to Planmeca milling units and a 3D printer for chairside restorations.

• Wired or wireless: charging station with three batteries, up to 45 minutes of scanning each.
• AutoMerge: scan in any order and in as many segments as needed.
• Optics: LED lighting and depth for interproximal areas and subgingival margins.
• Tips: autoclavable, reusable Standard and SlimLine sizes with usage-tracking chip.
• Scan modes: full-arch, partial, scan body, open and closed bite.
• Ecosystem: Romexis software, Planmeca milling units and 3D printer.

Implant and prosthodontic clinics in Vietnam can replace physical impressions with digital scans. Dental schools can use the scanner for digital dentistry training. Dental labs can receive open-format files from partner clinics.

Wired or wireless operation fits different clinic layouts. AutoMerge allows scanning in any order and segments. Reusable autoclavable tips lower consumable cost. Open STL and PLY export avoids lock-in, and scans can be shared without click fees according to the vendor.

Dental clinics are adopting digital impressions and chairside CAD/CAM to shorten treatment visits, and vendors are moving to wireless scanners with AI-assisted software. Vietnamese clinics investing in digital workflows form a growing buyer base for such equipment.

Planmeca Oy, Helsinki, Finland. Onyx was first shown at IDS 2025 (press release 28 March 2025) and the first units were hand-assembled at the Helsinki headquarters per a 2 July 2026 newsroom item. Part of the Planmeca PULSE ecosystem.