So I am going to give the warranty life of the product at 2 years. They advertise an вЂњEva GuardвЂќ protection plan with no questions asked, but I can not find any listed pricing for this service. The Eva Sensor comes with a 2 Year Parts and Manufacturer Service agreement. I will go through the sensors in no particular order. Probably the least valuable of the three, but I felt like I needed three things to go by and I couldnвЂ™t think of a third. Secondly, there is very little actual technical data available for sensors such as wiring diagrams and component disclosure, but their are things that we can see and draw conclusions from the actual physical makeup of the sensorДЇinally, there is my unfiltered opinion. If the warranty is very short or if their is only a warranty when associated to a high price then I will use that information to draw conclusions as to the manufacturers believe in their own product. With anecdotal evidence, hearsay, and statistical analysis unavailable I pursued the topic in this manner.ДЇirst, I assume that the warranty of a product and the cost and coverage of that warranty displays the manufacturers belief in the reliability of their product. I will lay out my methods here and hope that I can come to some method of giving useful information on the sensors. These ideas all lead me down a road of confusion as to how I was going to pursue measuring the reliability of these products. This can often happen when making large purchasing decisions because the buyer feels deeply invested in their decision to purchase. This same rule applies to very popular items where users feel like the problems are either a rarity that they had the misfortune of suffering or even that the user themselves were at fault.

For example Lamborghini owners are rarely heard complaining of how often they suffer break downs or problems with their vehicles because they paid so much for them that saying anything negative about them can feel as if they are making themselves appear ignorant in their purchasing decisions. Also, it is often found that products which are seen as luxury or superior to other products and that caused the user to pay a higher cost are less likely to elicit the owner to speak poorly of the product. The problem with anecdotal evidence in a small industry, such as dental, is that there is never enough of it to properly map trends and to overcome the idea that people are far more likely to take the time to relay information about a product that dissatisfies them then to relay information about a good experience and even less likely to say something about an experience that was just mediocre or okay. As for anecdotal evidence it can be very beneficial if there is enough anecdotal evidence provided in a manner where the source can be distinguished that you can map a trend. Since, all dentists are part scientist by the very nature of their profession they know that there are no facts in hearsay and that it is a very unreliable method for determining even a version of the truth. The most common information provided to doctors about most dental products is hearsay or through anecdotal evidence. Secondly, use of the sensor without a proper barrier shield will lead to excessive moisture getting inside the sensor housing and potentially corroding or shorting out its internal components not to mention the corrosive nature of saliva itself to break down the plastic that the sensor is made out of. Using a sensor without a holder will often result in the sensor being bitten or the cable being bitten, which is a very fragile part of the sensor. There are many ways a sensors life can be shortened by the owner of the sensor.

After much research I found no way to actually determine how often a sensor needs repair or any statistics offered by the manufacturer.ДЇurthermore, even if we had good statistical data on number of failures vs number of sensors in the market that in and of itself would not necessarily be a measure of the sensors inherent reliability, but would be impacted by the use of the sensor itself by the client.

Digital X-Ray companies do not fall under the same systems that govern auto parts or other industrial items where the failure rate is known to a very good accuracy. Reliability seems like a very difficult item to judge. Kodak RVG6100- Kodak (Owned By Carestream Now) SuniRay-Suni Corporation (Orange Dental) Week 2 вЂ“ Digital XRay Sensor Review вЂ“ The Good The Bad And The Ugly вЂ“ Part 2

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