Sell Your Trios 4: Best Price USA
3Shape · Dental Equipment · $22,000 – $42,000
Typical pricing - Trios 4
Trios 4 - Key specifications
- 1280 × 960 resolution at 30 fps capture rate - means you're getting crisp detail on prep lines and margins without lag, which matters when you're scanning 40+ patients a week
- Color scanning with 16-bit depth - critical for shade matching and cosmetic cases; black-and-white scanners lose you $300–500 per crown case because labs demand color reference photos anyway
- Wireless operation up to 30 feet - sounds nice but check the dock battery health; a shot battery adds $400–600 to your first-month costs
- Connects to 3Shape NEMO software suite - you're locked into their ecosystem; that's not bad, just real - switching to a Medit or Planmeca system means buying new software licenses
Trios 4 price overview
A Trios 4 with under 8,000 logged scans, clean service history, and a dock that holds charge sits at $38,000–42,000. Drop that to 15,000+ scans with a calibration gap over 18 months, and you're looking at $22,000–28,000 - and you'll spend $1,200 on recalibration before clinical use.
Buyer's checklist for Trios 4
Fire it up at the seller's location; run a calibration check yourself using the built-in diagnostic (takes 90 seconds). Look at the handpiece for hairline cracks around the tip - common wear point, costs $800–1,100 to replace. Pull the service logs from 3Shape's cloud portal; if there's a gap longer than 14 months between calibrations, the unit drifted and you're absorbing calibration cost.
US Market overview
Southern California DSO expansion is pushing used Trios 4 demand hard - Pacific Dental Services is actively acquiring practices in the LA/OC corridor and they standardize on Trios. Texas and Florida markets are slower because smaller practices still run Itero or Cerec acquisitions.
Trios 4 vs alternatives
| Model | Brand | Used Price | Key Spec | Value Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trios 4 ✓ | 3Shape | $22,000–$42,000 | Intraoral scanner, color scanning... | ●●●●● |
| ProMax 3D Plus | Planmeca | $40,000–$85,000 | CBCT 3D imaging, cephalometric, 23x26cm FOV... | ●●●●○ |
| OP 3D Pro | KaVo | $35,000–$70,000 | CBCT 3D, 16x13cm FOV, low dose... | ●●●●○ |
| Orthophos SL 3D | Dentsply Sirona | $38,000–$75,000 | CBCT panoramic ceph, 11x10cm FOV... | ●●●●○ |
Trios 4 - FAQ
Different lanes. Trios 4 has better color accuracy and faster workflow in cosmetic/ortho; Medit is cheaper upfront ($28k–34k used) and integrates easier into mixed-brand offices. iTero locks you into Align's ecosystem. Pick based on your lab partners and case mix, not hype.
Nope. Dock battery replacement runs $280–350 and takes 15 minutes. Wireless module swap is $600–750 if that's the issue. Neither one kills the deal unless you're buying a $22k unit and suddenly need two grand in fixes - then you renegotiate.
A busy practice (8–10 hygiene chairs) runs 6,000–10,000 scans per year. If you're buying one with 18,000+ scans in three years, the thing got hammered and you need a full recalibration before placing it in your clinic. Check the clinic size where it came from.
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Why buy through TechCosmetic broker?
I can move a documented, calibrated Trios 4 in 6–8 weeks vs. 4+ months on your own; that's cash flow that matters when a buyer's financing depends on equipment ready to scan day-one. I also handle the 3Shape account transfer and dock reconfiguration, which saves you 20+ hours of back-and-forth with tech support.