Every month, we ship something new on our way to building the autonomous dental lab.
This month, it's AI Scan QC for all orthodontic appliances.
Here's how it works: our AI Dental Technician reads the prescription and runs product-specific scan quality control the moment a scan comes in.
There is no such thing as a "good scan." A scan may be perfectly acceptable for a night guard but unusable for a palatal expander if the palate wasn't fully captured. Every appliance has different quality requirements.
Today, large orthodontic labs see 8.3% of orthodontic scans fail QC. We don't have the same data for smaller labs, but we'd expect the number to be similar.
What happens next? Labs often print models from bad scans just to meet turnaround targets. Every wasted print costs around $7, while manual scan review costs approximately $2.50 in technician labor per scan in the US.
Our AI Dental Technician performs product-specific scan QC in real time, 24/7. Turnaround drops from 2 days to 2 minutes, allowing labs to meet doctor expectations and increase throughput without increasing headcount.
Today, our AI supports:
◦ Fixed appliances
◦ Removable appliances
◦ Aligners
◦ Clear retainers
One more step toward the autonomous dental lab.
