name: Dentsply Sirona Vocabulary
description: >-
  Shared vocabulary of terms used across the DS Core open platform and the
  Dentsply Sirona Imaging modality API.
terms:
  - term: DS Core
    definition: >-
      Dentsply Sirona's cloud platform that connects practices, laboratories,
      and DSOs through a single web-based experience.
  - term: DS Core Enterprise
    definition: >-
      The DS Core subscription tier that adds features for Dental Service
      Organizations such as user provisioning and SSO.
  - term: Practice Management System
    definition: >-
      Software that manages dental practice operations such as scheduling,
      billing, and patient records, integrated with DS Core via the API.
  - term: Lab Management System
    definition: >-
      Software that manages dental laboratory operations such as case intake,
      design, and shipping, integrated with DS Core via the API.
  - term: DSO
    definition: >-
      A Dental Service Organization that operates multiple practices and
      consumes DS Core Enterprise integrations.
  - term: Patient
    definition: >-
      A person whose dental records, scans, and images are stored and shared
      through DS Core.
  - term: Order
    definition: >-
      A lab case routed from a practice to a laboratory through DS Core,
      including scans, prescriptions, and comments.
  - term: Scan
    definition: >-
      A digital intraoral or model scan captured with Dentsply Sirona devices
      such as Primescan and shared via DS Core.
  - term: Imaging Modality
    definition: >-
      A class of imaging devices such as intraoral sensors and cameras
      addressed by the DSIO modality API.
  - term: CEREC
    definition: >-
      Dentsply Sirona's CAD/CAM dental restoration system that integrates
      with DS Core for cloud-based design workflows.
  - term: Primescan
    definition: >-
      Dentsply Sirona's intraoral scanner family that uploads scans to DS
      Core for collaborative workflows.
  - term: SSO
    definition: >-
      Single Sign-On user authentication offered to DS Core Enterprise
      customers for federated access.
  - term: User Provisioning
    definition: >-
      The process of creating, updating, and deactivating DS Core users from
      an external identity system.