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Rent a CBCT scanner from 360 Visualise for a fixed monthly figure. Servicing, repairs, the PC, installation and training are all inside the price. No interest. No rate reviews. No service invoices.
Two CBCT scanners to rent
Both rentals work the same way: a £1,999 +VAT deposit, then one fixed monthly payment with everything included. The difference is the machine, the room it needs and the anatomy you capture in one scan.
Wall-mounted · 3-in-1
£598.80 inc VAT · 48 months, then rolling · £1,999 +VAT deposit
Floor-standing · pan and CBCT
£999 inc VAT · 36 months, then rolling · £1,999 +VAT deposit
| Side by side | Acteon Optima | Carestream CS 8200 Access |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly rental | £499 +VAT | £832.50 +VAT |
| Deposit | £1,999 +VAT | £1,999 +VAT |
| Fixed term | 48 months, then rolling | 36 months, then rolling |
| Mounting | Wall-mounted | Floor-standing |
| Largest field of view | 12×10 cm | 8×9 cm |
| Finest resolution | 70 µm voxel | 75 µm endo mode |
| Panoramic | Yes | Yes |
| Software | AIS and RealGUIDE™ planning | CS Imaging, DICOM export |
| Servicing, repairs, PC, install, training | Included | Included |
Included in every CBCT rental
When a practice buys a CBCT outright, the purchase price is the start of the spending, not the end of it. Renting from us puts the whole lot into one monthly figure.
The arithmetic
At a typical £150 scan fee, a few scans a month clear the rental before you have taken a single implant case. Everything after that is income you were previously referring away.
Working days are based on 26 a month. The scan-fee example is illustrative. Your own fee, case mix and referral volume will decide your actual return. We will build the numbers with you before you commit to anything.
Tax treatment
Rentals are a trading expense, so the whole payment comes off your taxable profit across the term. That is £5,988 a year of deduction on the Optima and £9,990 on the CS 8200 Access. Unlike a capital purchase, you do not need a big profit year to use it.
What each rental actually costs you a month after relief:
| Your position | Rate | Optima | CS 8200 Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited company, small profits | 19% | £404 | £674 |
| Limited company, main rate | 25% | £374 | £624 |
| Limited company, marginal band | 26.5% | £367 | £612 |
| Higher-rate sole trader or partner | 40% | £299 | £500 |
| Additional-rate sole trader or partner | 45% | £274 | £458 |
The writing down allowance was cut in April 2026. Relief on a purchased machine that falls into the main pool now unwinds at 14% a year rather than 18%. If your Annual Investment Allowance is already used elsewhere (a refit, a squat, another purchase in the same year), tax relief on buying takes much longer to arrive than it used to. Rental relief lands in the year you pay it, every year.
Dental treatment is VAT exempt, so most practices cannot reclaim the VAT. On an outright purchase that VAT is a real, unrecoverable cost paid in one hit on day one. On a rental the same VAT is spread across the monthly payments.
Tax treatment depends on your own circumstances and on how the agreement is classified. The figures above are illustrative and are not tax advice. Please confirm the position with your accountant before you rely on it. Rates quoted are those for the 2026/27 year.
Rent or buy a CBCT
Buying is the right answer for some practices. Here is how the two actually differ, so you can decide rather than be sold to.
There is no interest in either rental. Not a low rate: none. You are not borrowing money and paying a charge on top of it. You are paying rent for the use of a machine that belongs to us, that we own outright, service and keep working for the whole term.
For some practices that is about cash flow. For others it is a matter of principle, and we understand that the difference between rent and interest is not a technicality.
Either way, we will send you the full agreement before you commit, so that you, or whoever advises you, can read exactly how it is structured. Ask for it on the first call and we will email it the same day.
Acteon Optima rental · £499 +VAT a month
The Acteon Optima is a 3-in-1 pan, CBCT and optional ceph system. Every field of view is included as standard, so the machine you rent on day one is the machine you have on day 1,460.
£1,999 +VAT deposit, then £499 +VAT (£598.80 inc VAT) a month for 48 months, then rolling. See the full Acteon Optima page →
How CBCT rental works
We look at your room, your case mix and your referral spend, and tell you honestly which machine stacks up for you, if either.
We check the room, the power and the layout, and handle the critical examination and IRR17 paperwork.
Usually a single day on site. Your team is scanning before we leave.
Hand it back, carry on month to month, upgrade to a newer unit, or buy the machine outright. Your choice, not ours.
CBCT rental questions
We rent two CBCT scanners. The Acteon Optima is £499 +VAT a month for 48 months. The Carestream CS 8200 3D Access is £832.50 +VAT a month for 36 months. Both need a £1,999 +VAT deposit, and both include servicing, repairs, the acquisition PC, installation and training.
If floor space is tight or you want a 12×10 cm volume for full-arch and sinus work, the wall-mounted Optima is the better fit. If you want Carestream image quality and software and a shorter term, choose the CS 8200 Access. We will tell you honestly which suits your room and case mix.
It moves to a rolling monthly arrangement, so you are never locked in again. From that point you can hand the machine back, keep renting month to month, upgrade to a newer unit, or buy it outright. We will give you the purchase figure in writing before you sign anything.
No. The monthly figure is fixed for the full term, whatever happens to interest rates in the meantime. There is no rate review, no RPI uplift and no separate service invoice.
It is included in full: planned maintenance, parts and labour, for the whole term. If the machine needs an engineer, you call us and we come. There is nothing extra to buy.
There is no interest, and it is not hidden in the figure. Interest is a charge for the use of money: you borrow a sum and pay back more. That is not what is happening here. We own the scanner, and you pay us rent for using it, in the same way you pay rent for a room. Ask us for the full agreement and read how it is written.
This is a rental agreement with 360 Visualise, not a third-party finance product. The process is far lighter than a finance application, and there is no interest charged at any point.
You can buy it at the end of the term. If you would rather own it from the start, we sell both machines outright and through Bramar, Performance Finance and Aspired Finance. Ask and we will quote both ways so you can compare properly. See our CBCT comparison for every machine we supply.
We do. Critical examination, acceptance testing and the IRR17 documentation are part of the installation. You will not be chasing a physicist.
Subject to stock and your room being ready, typically a few weeks from the survey. Installation itself is usually a single day.
Next step
Tell us roughly what you refer out each month and we will put a straight comparison in front of you: rent, buy or finance. No pressure, and no obligation to do any of them.
Or call 01943 601222, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm. We will never pass your details to anyone else.