Abstract: A dental scanning system includes an illumination unit including a light source configured to illuminate the dental object; a detector unit including a sensor configured to receive a plurality of two-dimensional images in response to the illumination of the dental object; a processor configured to generate a processed data by processing one or more of the plurality of two-dimensional images, wherein a three-dimensional digital representation of the dental object is generated based on the processed data; a wireless network unit configured to wirelessly connect the dental scanning system to a network comprising a plurality of network elements including at least one network element configured to receive the processed data; and a network operation module including a session module configured to establish the scanning session by operationally connecting, via the wireless network unit, the dental scanning system with one or more network elements.