Dental lab operations journal
Notes from Dentys on dental lab operations, intake, CAD, and keeping every case in one place.
Dental Lab Rush Cases: Decide What Moves Before You Say Yes
Rush cases break schedules when every one is accepted the same way. How dental labs triage urgent requests without delaying the rest.
- Intake
Digital Impressions: Check the Scan Before It Becomes a Case
Many scan problems are cheap at arrival and costly in design. How dental labs check digital impressions before the case starts.
- Quality
Dental Lab Remakes: Find the Cause Before the Second Unit
Most dental lab remakes start before production. How to log the real cause on the case and stop paying for the same mistake twice.
- Deadlines
Dental Lab Turnaround Time: Start the Clock at Complete
Turnaround slips when the clock starts on an incomplete case. How dental labs set due dates practices can trust.
- Case intake
Incomplete Dental Prescription: What Labs Need Before Production
What dental labs need on a prescription before production, and how to turn “see WhatsApp” into a named blocker with an owner.
- CAD approval
CAD Approval for Dental Labs: Sign Off the Design, Not a Screenshot
How dental labs get a clear CAD sign-off on one design version, with approve, change and timestamped comments.
- Case tracking
Dental Lab Case Tracking: See the Next Step Without Calling
How dental labs replace “where is my case?” calls with a shared view of status, owner and next step.
- Product
Dental Lab Software That Keeps Every Case in One Place
Dental lab software that keeps cases, CAD approval and practice communication in one workspace, not milling or billing.
- Lab–practice
Dental Lab–Practice Communication: One Thread Per Case
Why shade, files and soft oks get lost across email and WhatsApp, and how one case thread keeps lab and practice aligned.
- Case intake
Dental Lab Case Intake Checklist: Complete Every Case Before Production
A practical intake standard for checking prescriptions, scans, files, ownership and production readiness before a dental laboratory accepts a case.