Flagship · True wireless direct conversion
The radiograph, captured. Not synthesized.
DC-Air™ is dentistry's first and only Bluetooth® wireless, direct-conversion intraoral sensor. X-ray photons convert straight to signal — no scintillator, no sharpening filters, and no cable out of your patient's mouth.
- Best Image Quality — Clinicians Report® 2026 Buying Guide
- Top Award Winner — Dental Advisor 2024
- Best Product — Dental Product Shopper
Installation, integration, training & expert support included — since 2003.View the brochure (PDF)
DC-Air™ capture · 26 µm px1,249,920 px · 12-bit · IP67
Serving dentistry since 2003
Installation, training & expert support included
Independently evaluated
Don’t take our word for it. Take theirs.
Clinicians Report® 2026 Buying Guide
Best Image Quality
Independent evaluation by the CR Foundation
Top Award Winner — Dental Advisor 2024
Annual clinical product awards
Best Product — Dental Product Shopper
Clinician evaluation score 4.6 / 5
Three problems every operatory knows. One sensor built to remove them.
No more cables
The cable is the number-one failure point on conventional sensors — so DC-Air eliminates it. Bluetooth® Low Energy carries every capture about 3 m to your PC, and with nothing dragging the sensor out of position, FTG reports up to 40% fewer retakes.
No more fragile layers
No scintillator, no fiber-optic plate — the delicate layers that make conventional scintillator sensors expensive to break. Just one single-crystal silicon detector in an IP67-sealed body that shrugs off wipe-downs.
No more synthesized detail
Conventional sensors convert X-rays to light, light to signal — then sharpen the blur away in software. DC-Air converts photons directly to charge and applies brightness and contrast only. Never sharpening.
The evidence, at native resolution
Read the evidence yourself.
22 clinical DC-Air captures, straight off the sensor — brightness and contrast only, never sharpened. Zoom to the pixels. Then window-level them yourself.
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Control or command scroll, or pinch, to zoom; drag to pan when zoomed in. At the default fit view the image is fixed. Keyboard: plus and minus keys zoom, arrow keys pan, Home resets the view, left and right bracket keys switch cases. The brightness and contrast button opens a two-axis pad; inside it, arrow keys adjust and Home returns to neutral.
▸ Posterior bitewing
Bitewings
Periapicals
Endodontic
Implants
See the difference direct conversion makes
The same exposure, two technologies. Drag the divider to compare a conventional scintillator sensor with DC-Air's direct-conversion image.
Single-crystal direct conversion
Nothing between the photon and the diagnosis
Conventional scintillator sensors never see the X-ray at all. A scintillator layer converts it to visible light, the light spreads sideways through a fiber-optic plate, and only then does silicon record it — blurred by every step, then patched up with manufacturer sharpening filters.
DC-Air's single-crystal direct-conversion silicon CMOS converts each photon directly to charge at the exact point where it lands. No scintillator. No fiber-optic plate. No sharpening — captures get brightness and contrast adjustment only. Captured, not synthesized.
- 5 lp/mm
- >70%
- 10 lp/mm
- >40%
In FTG’s published MTF testing. MTF measures how much of the original contrast survives at each level of fine detail — higher means sharper, straight off the detector.
360° positioning
Position it any way the anatomy demands
With no cable dictating orientation, DC-Air captures in distal or mesial orientation — a full 360° of placement freedom. Zero Profile® holders clip directly to the back of the sensor and add no bulk, so nothing extra goes in the mouth.
Drag the sensor to look it over from every side — or step through the views with the arrow keys.
DC-Air™ sensor · 6 studio views
Zero Profile® holders
Color-coded for every workflow
Every Starter Kit includes the complete Zero Profile® holder kit. Refill 3-packs are available in every color — grab the one your procedure calls for.
Bitewing
Red · refill 3-packs available
Anterior
Blue · refill 3-packs available
Posterior
Yellow · refill 3-packs available
Endodontic
Clear · refill 3-packs available
The complete set
All four holder types plus positioning rings — included with every DC-Air Starter Kit, with 3-pack refills available whenever you need them.
DC-Air™ specifications
| Sensor size | Size 2 |
|---|---|
| Active area | 35.1 × 24.7 mm |
| Pixel pitch | 26 µm |
| Resolution | 1,249,920 pixels · 12-bit |
| MTF | >70% @ 5 lp/mm · >40% @ 10 lp/mm — in FTG’s published MTF testing |
| Detector | Single-crystal direct-conversion silicon CMOS — no scintillator, no fiber-optic plate |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth® Low Energy · ~3 m range · auto-triggers on exposure · 4 MB onboard buffer |
| Exposure range | 0.08–1 s @ 65–70 kV, 2–10 mA |
| Battery | 150+ radiographs per charge · recharges in under 1 minute on the dock · 19 mAh Li-Ion |
| Durability | IP67-sealed body |
| Positioning | 360° — distal or mesial orientation with Zero Profile® holders |
| In the kit | Sensor · docking station · USB-C cable · Zero Profile® complete holder kit · TWAIN license (one network, unlimited PCs) · 2-year warranty |
DC-Air™ is manufactured byFreedom Technologies Group ↗
DC-Air™ Starter Kit
Go wireless — call for current pricing
Everything a practice needs to go wireless: DC-Air™ sensor, charging dock, holders, and integration with your imaging software.
What the Starter Kit includes
- DC-Air™ wireless sensorIncluded
- Docking stationIncluded
- Zero Profile® complete holder kit — refill 3-packs availableIncluded
- USB-C cableIncluded
- TWAIN license — one network, unlimited PCsIncluded
- 2-year manufacturer warrantyIncluded
- Professional installation — Dental TI teamIncluded
- Imaging software integrationIncluded
- Remote team training — on-site availableIncluded
- Expert support — remote and on-siteIncluded
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Compatibility
Works with the software you already run
Native integration with the major imaging platforms, and a TWAIN license covering one network with unlimited PCs for everything else.
- Open Dental
- Dentrix
- Dentrix Ascend
- Eaglesoft
- XDR
- DEXIS
- Apteryx
- Curve
- + 9 more via TWAIN
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DC-Air™ questions, answered
Does DC-Air integrate with my existing imaging software?
Yes. DC-Air includes a TWAIN license covering one network with unlimited PCs, plus native integration with Open Dental, Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, XDR, DEXIS, Apteryx, Curve, and 9+ more. Dental TI handles the integration as part of every installation — if you’re unsure about yours, ask during your demo and we’ll confirm before you buy.
How long does the battery last?
DC-Air captures 150+ radiographs per charge — comfortably more than a full clinical day for most operatories — and recharges in under 1 minute on its docking station, so a between-patient top-up is all it ever needs.
How reliable is a wireless sensor during an exposure?
DC-Air connects over Bluetooth® Low Energy with roughly 3 m of range, auto-triggers the moment it detects the exposure, and holds captures in a 4 MB onboard buffer — so an image is never lost waiting on the connection.
How is infection control handled on a wireless sensor?
Standard barrier sleeves, exactly like any intraoral sensor. The body is IP67-sealed, so it stands up to wipe-downs between patients, and Zero Profile® holders clip to the back of the sensor without changing your protocol.
Will it actually reduce retakes?
FTG reports up to 40% fewer retakes with DC-Air. With no cable to drag the sensor out of position and 360° distal or mesial placement with Zero Profile® holders, the sensor stays where you put it.
Are the images sharpened or filtered?
No. DC-Air captures receive brightness and contrast adjustment only — never sharpening. FTG’s framing: captured, not synthesized. The brightness and contrast control in our on-page viewer is standard display-side window leveling; the capture itself stays exactly as the sensor recorded it.
What warranty and support come with it?
Every DC-Air includes FTG’s 2-year manufacturer warranty. From Dental TI it also comes with installation, software integration, remote team training (on-site available), and expert support — remote or on-site.
What do replacement holders cost?
Zero Profile® holders are color-coded — Bitewing red, Anterior blue, Posterior yellow, Endodontic clear — and refill 3-packs are available; call for current pricing. The Starter Kit ships with the complete holder kit.
Included with every system
The Dental TI Standard
Equipment is half the purchase. The other half is the team standing behind it.
- 01
Install
Our own team delivers, mounts, and configures your equipment — nothing is drop-shipped to your doorstep.
- 02
Integrate
We wire imaging into your practice software and workflow so day one feels like day one hundred.
- 03
Train
Remote team training on your patients’ schedule, with on-site training available — not a PDF and a phone number.
- 04
Support
Expert help is a phone call away — remote first for speed, on-site when hardware needs hands. We’ve answered that call since 2003.
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