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Before You Send the Case: A Digital Lab Transfer Checklist for STL, DICOM, Photos, Bite, and Notes
Before You Send the Case: A Digital Lab Transfer Checklist for STL, DICOM, Photos, Bite, and Notes A surprising number of digital dentistry delays do not start with scanning or design. They start at handoff. The case may look complete in the clinic, but by the time it reaches the lab, one missing bite scan,…
Useful Free Tools Every Digital Dentistry Team Should Keep Ready
Standfirst: A surprisingly large number of delays in digital dentistry have nothing to do with scanners or design software. They come from missing support tools: no reliable DICOM viewer, no quick STL inspector, no safe way to share screens, no simple archive utility, and no easy method to verify whether a file changed on the…
Blender for Dental: The Open-Source CAD Platform More Labs Are Taking Seriously
For years, dental CAD has largely meant choosing between powerful closed platforms, expensive annual subscriptions, and workflow ecosystems that often feel difficult to leave once a lab or clinic is fully invested. Blender for Dental is interesting because it challenges that model from a very different direction. Instead of building from a proprietary 3D core,…
Intraoral Scanning Protocols: Why Scan Strategy Changes Completely Between Teeth and Implants
Intraoral scanning is often marketed as if the scanner itself is the decisive factor. It is not. The scanner matters, of course — speed, field of view, depth of capture, processing, and software all influence performance. But in daily clinical reality, the protocol matters just as much. In many cases, it matters more. A highly…