Digital workflow

A continuous flow, from chair to finished piece.

Digital impressions, STL file transfer and CAD/CAM design. Digital design delivers reproducible precision, case after case, and shortens lead times without compromising the finish.

CAD/CAM screen showing a crown being modelled

01 · How it works


Four steps, zero wasted back-and-forth.

  1. 01

    Scan

    You scan at the practice. We accept STL exports from most intraoral scanners on the market.

  2. 02

    Transfer

    Sent via Digilab, your manufacturer's portal or a share link. The case is logged on arrival.

  3. 03

    Design

    CAD modelling, virtual fit check and occlusion validated before anything is produced.

  4. 04

    Production

    5-axis milling or 3D printing, then finishing by hand. The digital file is archived.

02 · What it changes for you


Fewer remakes, more predictability.

Digital does not replace craft: it removes the sources of imprecision. No impression material distorting, no shipment dragging on, no model broken in transit.

What is left is the work that actually matters — designing the case and finishing the piece.

01

Reproducible precision

The same file gives the same result. A remake is produced identically, with no new impression.

02

Shorter lead times

Transfer is instant. The time saved on logistics goes back into finishing.

03

Patient comfort

No tray and no material in the mouth. The scan is quick and far better tolerated.

04

Archived cases

Every digital file is kept. A lost splint can be remade without seeing the patient again.

03 · Compatibility

Your scanner, our laboratory.

We work from open STL files. If your scanner exports in a proprietary format, get in touch: in most cases a bridge exists.

  • STL
  • PLY
  • OBJ
  • Digilab
  • exocad
  • 3Shape
  • Medit
  • iTero

Unsure about your equipment? Write to us and we will check together.

Digital impression taken with an intraoral scanner

04 · Production floor


5-axis milling machine running at the laboratory

Milling gives precision. The hand gives character.

5-axis milling for frameworks and monolithic pieces, 3D printing for models and splints, ceramic furnaces for layering. The machine prepares, the technician finishes.

Design
exocad CAD
Production
5-axis milling & 3D
Archiving
Digital case files