Today's playbook
Clear Aligner Software for Dental Clinics
Clear aligner software for clinics, step by step: chairside planning, in-house fabrication, and collaboration with a lab.
1. Purpose: clear aligner software for a dental clinic
This cookbook provides a practical, step-by-step guide for dental clinics and orthodontic practices to implement a modern, efficient clear aligner workflow using GuideMia orthodontic software and the Cympha ecosystem.
It is designed for clinics that want chairside treatment planning and visualization in minutes, wish to fabricate initial aligners in-house for immediate treatment, need seamless collaboration with dental labs, require secure, scalable case management across multiple treatment rooms, and want the flexibility to outsource design when internal capacity is limited.
This edition specifically addresses the most common clinic concerns: time, complexity, and the ability to handle real-world orthodontic cases.
2. Objectives
By following this cookbook, a clinic will be able to:
- Visualize a clear aligner treatment plan chairside, in the same appointment — a chairside communication tool, plus a powerful marketing and case-acceptance tool.
- Produce the first aligners in-house, with no second visit booked just to set them up — same-day or next-visit aligners; rapid prototyping before full production.
- Operate a flexible hybrid workflow — in-house design + in-house fabrication, in-house design + lab fabrication, or outsourced design + lab fabrication.
- Centralize all case data, communication, and sharing across treatment rooms, between clinicians and labs, and between clinicians and external design services.
3. The clear aligner software ecosystem (clinic configuration)
Four GuideMia systems work together to cover the full clinic workflow — from chairside consultation to in-house fabrication and lab collaboration.
3.1 GuideMia OrthoClic — Chairside Planning & Visualization
Fast, interactive orthodontic simulation at chairside: case opening and visualization in minutes, immediate tooth-movement preview, patient-friendly animations and staging.
Ideal for: initial consultation, treatment explanation, case acceptance.
Value: Turns treatment planning into a communication and marketing tool, improves case acceptance, and minimizes back-and-forth with labs at the consultation stage.
3.2 GuideMia OrthoPlus — Full Aligner Treatment Planning & Design
Comprehensive aligner planning, staging, and appliance design: automated and semi-automated tooth segmentation, tooth setup tools (automatic + easy refinement), staging control and attachment design, and aligner output generation for model-based thermoforming. Direct-print aligner design, automatic trim-path generation and retainer design are OrthoPlus Enterprise capabilities; CBCT and facial-scan input starts at OrthoPlus Studio.
Value: Enables complete in-house design, supports both traditional and next-generation manufacturing workflows, and allows clinics to keep sensitive data internally if desired.











