Dental Lab Management Software: A Seamless Digital Bridge Between Clinic and Lab
With traditional methods, the workflow between dental clinics and dental laboratories gets caught up in physical boxes, lost forms and endless phone calls, leaving it wide open to operational errors. The Dental Lab Tracking System we developed is designed to track, end to end and from a single hub, the production of every product, prosthesis and digital impression a dental clinic sends to the lab. With this system, the entire workflow is kept under control stage by stage, in real time and with full transparency.
A Transparent End-to-End Workflow and Stage Tracking
The system brings every order delivered to the lab into a central flow and keeps the clinic and lab panels in sync in real time. The entire production line, from the moment a case is accepted by the lab to delivery, can be tracked step by step:
Smart Production Line Tracking: In their own management panel, the lab manager sees in real time which production stage each incoming case is in. Framework try-in, superstructure try-in and polishing/finishing steps are logged in the system with a timestamp as they're checked off.
Live Clinic Updates: The moment a lab technician updates a case's stage, the clinic sees the status simultaneously on the "Outgoing Cases" screen in its own panel and stays informed about the case's progress behind the scenes.
Automatic Notifications: As soon as the lab receives a physical case and starts processing it in the system, instant push/webhook notifications are sent to the clinic.
Two Different Workflows: Integrating Digital and Traditional Flows
Fully aligned with the needs of modern dentistry, the system splits the way cases are sent from clinic to lab into two main branches, ensuring an error-free operation:
A) Digital Impression Flow (Fast and Autonomous)
The clinic marks the areas to be worked on in the system's interactive dental chart. It uploads digital impression files from the intraoral scanner (.stl, .obj, etc.) directly to the system. The second the file is uploaded, the system automatically switches the order status to "In Progress" and sends the lab an instant production alert.
B) Traditional Impression Flow (Secure Physical Tracking)
The clinic enters the patient's details and the system generates a unique "Patient Code." This code is written on the physical impression/plaster box sent to the lab. When the box arrives at the lab by courier, the technician searches for the code to check it in, and the "Start Processing" button officially launches the process without any confusion.