Digital services
Digital smile design
A digital design proposal and a 3D trial model before anything is made.
Best for: Planning and previewing aesthetic cases before treatment
Our skilled technicians work closely with you to plan treatments, offering a detailed digital design proposal and a 3D trial model. This process allows you to engage your patients more effectively, ensuring their satisfaction and delivering the best possible results.
The workflow is digital from the first photograph through to the final restoration, which keeps clinical time down for a busy practice. The patient sees the planned result before treatment begins, you approve each stage, and anything that needs changing is changed on screen or at the try-in rather than at the fit appointment.
Why choose MDent digital smile design?
- 1Patients who know what to expectThey can visualise the treatment plan, which aligns expectations and reduces miscommunication.
- 2Less clinical timeThe planning and the adjustments happen before the fit appointment rather than during it.
- 3Problems found earlyEvery stage is approved, so changes are made on screen or at the try-in, not at the end.
- 4Work you have already signed offThe final restorations are made from a design and a try-in you have seen and approved.
The digital workflow
Photos
You send two clinical photographs — one retracted and one of the natural smile — to cadcam@mdentlab.com, and we return the design images for your approval, so the patient can see the planned treatment and any adjustment can be made before we make anything. We can only work from pictures that follow the protocol in the photo guide.
Download the photo guide (PDF)The smile design
Once the design is approved we 3D-print it and make a template for the try-in, so the fit and the appearance can both be checked before anything is finalised.
Try-in
Adjust the try-in directly in the patient's mouth, or send us written feedback. We apply the changes during manufacture, to the fit, the function and the aesthetics.
Communication
Before we finalise, we send detailed photographs of the case so you can review the aesthetics. Issues are caught early, and there are fewer last-minute changes at the fit.
Not sure whether a case suits a digital design? Talk to a technician.
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