Clear aligner software at industrial scale, on your floor.

Most aligner labs sit somewhere between artisan and industrial. They've moved past the "design every case by hand" stage. They haven't hit the throughput and consistency of the global manufacturers. Partly because the orthodontic software they're running doesn't actually support batch operations, and partly because clinical edge cases — extractions, miniscrews, complex occlusal corrections — keep kicking cases out of automation and back onto a designer's screen.

The GuideMia Lab Edition playbook is built to close that gap with four components and seven addressed pain points.

The four components of the orthodontic software stack

• OrthoPlus — the AI-driven design engine. Automatic tooth segmentation, automatic tooth setup, fully automatic staging and attachment design, automatic generation of dental arch models and direct 3D-printed aligner geometry (no post-processing).
• CommandLine — the server-side batch engine. Processes case collections automatically: scan repair, segmentation, and initial setup happen before a designer touches the case. Designers start at the plan-review stage, not at "this scan still has holes."
• Cympha — collaboration and production management. Secure case management, 3D viewing, versioning, role-based permissions, real-time clinic sharing, per-case billing. One workflow replaces email, shared drives, ad-hoc file transfer.
• OrthoClic — chairside co-planning. Deploy it to partner clinics so they visualize cases, do preliminary planning, and submit cases back to your lab through Cympha. A ClinCheck-comparable co-planning loop, operated by your lab.

The seven gaps the playbook addresses

1. Throughput, automation & cost control. Batch processing of hundreds of cases per day; automated pre-processing eliminates manual cleanup; fewer technicians manage significantly more cases.
2. Consistency & clinical standardization. Algorithm-driven planning produces uniform staging, attachments, and outcomes regardless of which designer is on the floor.
3. Fast restarts & mid-course re-planning. Cases regenerate rapidly when aligners no longer fit; retainers automatically generated from final stages shorten rework.
4. Multi-scanner data normalization. One automatic repair routine handles holes, noise, distortions, and artefacts from every scanner brand without manual CAD intervention.
5. Manufacturing & production-line integration. Customizable aligner boundaries, tags, and laser-marking data flow into trimming and marking equipment.
6. Complex orthodontics at scale. Extractions, implants, miniscrews (TADs), space closure, occlusal corrections — supported in single digital plans, not segregated into "automation-eligible" vs. "manual" queues.
7. Gingiva accuracy. Smooth, accurate gingiva morphing derived from the original scan (not a smoothed approximation), producing superior fit at gingival margins — which is what determines whether a direct-printed aligner actually seats.

Multi-modality planning, when the case needs it

Complex cases benefit from data the aligner-only workflow doesn't normally see: CBCT for root positioning and implant clearance, intraoral scans for surface geometry, cephalometric analysis for skeletal limits, facial scans for aesthetic evaluation. GuideMia merges these in one project — so an aligner plan can be biologically safe (roots in bone), aesthetically driven (smile against the face), and production-ready (fabrication-grade output), instead of one of those three.

The clear aligner software workflow, scan to factory

1. Data ingestion accepting multi-scanner inputs and batch imports.
2. Automated pre-processing with scan fixing and AI segmentation.
3. Plan review and refinement.
4. Automatic staging and attachments with algorithm-driven movement distribution.
5. Automatic model and aligner design with fabrication-ready outputs.
6. Production integration: trimming, marking, QA.

Operational flexibility lets you export any treatment step, instantly regenerate outputs when a plan changes, and automatically design retainers from final stages.

What this changes for clinics sending you cases

• Faster turnaround. Batch automation handles cleanup and setup before a designer sees the case.
• Consistent quality. The case the new hire designs looks the same as the case the senior designer designs.
• Complex cases stay in the digital plan. Extractions, TADs, implants, and occlusal corrections don't get pushed back as "out of scope."
• OrthoClic gives clinics a chairside seat at the table. Co-planning happens in the same toolchain you're using.

What this changes for the lab

• Throughput grows without proportional headcount. Same designers, more cases per designer per day.
• QA traceability for audits. Versioning and audit logs for every case, role-based access, per-stage approvals.
• Direct-print aligners actually seat. Gingival accuracy at the margin is the deciding factor, and it's solved here.
• You compete with the global manufacturers on consistency. Not just on price.

Try it

Read the full Lab Edition cookbook at gm.cympha.com/cookbooks/aligner-cookbook-lab. Subscribe to OrthoPlus at gm.cympha.com; book a walkthrough through the form below — we'll show you CommandLine batch processing on one of your real cases.

Part of Dental Case Lifecycle Management. Cympha runs every dental case as one tracked record — intake to outcome, across every doctor, lab, and supplier — instead of a dozen disconnected tools. What is DCLM? →