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Workflows, scanners, software and organisation: our guides to running a dental lab in the all-digital era.

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Scan & STL

2026 Comparison: 8 Intraoral Scanners Examined From the Laboratory's Side

Eight intraoral scanners examined from the laboratory's side: what each brand exports, what it locks down, and what that changes at reception.

10 min
Scan & STL

Collect Your Digital Impressions Automatically: 4 Methods Compared

Manufacturer portals, email transfers, point-to-point connectors or a universal inbox: four ways to collect digital impressions, compared on time, errors and compliance.

10 min
Scan & STL

STL, PLY, DCM: which file format for which step of the digital workflow?

The three 3D file formats every lab handles daily, their strengths, their pitfalls, and where each one belongs in the workflow.

1 min
Scan & STL

A short glossary of digital dental workflow files

Raw scans, construction files, milling exports: the vocabulary of the files a laboratory handles every day.

1 min