3SHAPE DENTAL SYSTEM
Dental CAD software built for the modern laboratory
Design more indications, connect your digital workflow and give your technicians the tools to handle everyday and advanced restorative cases in one powerful CAD environment.
Available through MedDenta. Package availability and licensing are confirmed per quotation.
Achieve more with your dental CAD workflow
3Shape Dental System combines a wide indication range with guided design workflows, open digital connectivity and AI-supported tools designed for dental laboratories.
Broad indication range
Handle fixed, implant, model and removable workflows with a package that can grow with your lab.
Intuitive design
Guided workflows and familiar tools help technicians work efficiently without losing design control.
Open connectivity
Receive TRIOS cases and work with supported third-party IOS workflows inside your digital ecosystem.
AI-supported
Eligible cases can open with Automate AI design proposals, helping reduce repetitive manual setup.
FULL RANGE OF INDICATIONS
Accept more of the cases that come your way
Choose a Dental System package around the work your laboratory performs today, then extend your capabilities with specialty modules as your services grow.
- Comprehensive dental CAD: support for a broad range of fixed and removable indications.
- Guided workflows: intuitive tools that help technicians move efficiently through design steps.
- Connected digital workflow: direct integration with TRIOS and support for third-party intraoral scan workflows.
- AI-assisted design: eligible cases can receive 3Shape Automate design proposals for faster everyday production.
WORK SMARTER
Designed around real laboratory workflows
Intuitive workflows
AI-assisted and guided tools help streamline common design steps while keeping the technician in control of the final result.
Digital dentures
Build a digital removable workflow for full and partial dentures, including implant-supported denture cases where licensed.
Automate AI proposals
Qualifying Dental System users can receive fast AI-generated proposals for supported restorative indications, reducing repetitive setup on common cases.
Flexible case management
Keep design work in-house, use AI for common cases, or combine the workflow with external design services when workload or complexity demands it.
CONNECTED CASE MANAGEMENT
Integration with 3Shape LMS
Dental System can integrate with 3Shape Lab Management Software to synchronize case information and reduce unnecessary re-entry of case data.
- Save admin time: reduce duplicate data entry.
- Reduce errors: keep case details synchronized across the workflow.
- Smoother coordination: connect case management with design production.
LMS / WORKFLOW VISUAL
SOFTWARE PACKAGES
Choose the Dental System package that fits your lab
Start with the workflows you need most and expand with additional modules as your laboratory grows.
BEST FOR FULL-SERVICE LABS
Dental System Complete
A comprehensive restorative package for laboratories that want access to fixed, implant, model and removable design workflows in one environment.
- Single crowns, bridges, veneers and core fixed indications
- Virtual articulator
- Temporaries and diagnostic wax-ups
- Post & core and telescope crowns
- Abutment design
- Implant Bar & Bridge workflows
- Splint Studio workflows
- RealView & Smile Design
- Model Builder
- Full denture workflows
- Removable partial denture workflows
- Customized impression trays
- TRIOS / digital impression workflows
Exact licensing, included modules and regional availability should be confirmed on quotation.
BEST FOR FIXED RESTORATIVE WORK
Dental System Crown & Bridge
A focused entry into 3Shape Dental System for laboratories whose core production is crown and bridge work.
- Single crowns
- Bridges
- Copings and frameworks
- Inlays / onlays
- Veneers
- Virtual articulator
- Core crown & bridge design workflows
- TRIOS / digital impression workflow compatibility
- AI design proposals for eligible cases with qualifying service coverage
Additional restorative and specialty indications can be added according to your laboratory requirements.
EXPAND YOUR CAPABILITIES
Specialty workflows and add-ons
If your lab needs an indication outside its selected package, Dental System can be extended with additional design applications and modules.
- Splint Studio: occlusal splints, night guards and mouthguard workflows.
- Model Builder: create production-ready digital models from supported scans.
- Abutment Designer: customized abutments and screw-retained restorative workflows.
- Implant Bar & Bridge: advanced implant-supported restorative design.
- Denture workflows: digital full dentures and removable partial dentures.
- Clear Aligner Studio: orthodontic planning and clear aligner production workflows.
- Implant Studio: implant planning and surgical guide workflows.
- CAD Points: trial selected indications outside your package before upgrading or adding modules.
Build the package around your workflow
Tell us what your lab designs today, what equipment you manufacture on and which services you want to add. We can help map the appropriate 3Shape software configuration.
OPEN DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM
Connect the tools around your laboratory
Dental System is designed to work across the 3Shape ecosystem while also supporting external digital workflows.
TRIOS & third-party IOS
Receive supported digital impression cases directly into your case workflow.
3Shape Automate
Use AI-assisted design for supported common case types.
Libraries
Work with a broad ecosystem of implant and tooth libraries.
Design Service
Outsource selected cases or peaks in workload when required.
Lab Management
Connect case entry, tracking and production management.
Training and support for your digital workflow
LabCare
Optional service coverage can include software updates, support, training and related service benefits. Confirm the current LabCare terms for your configuration.
3Shape Academy
Build technician confidence with structured training around software tools, workflows and indications.
Learning & Support
Access self-paced education, workflow resources and product support content from 3Shape.
Automate AI fair usage
3Shape currently states a fair-usage limit of 1,200 AI design units per year, per seat for customers using a qualifying Dental System package. Additional AI designs can be purchased with CAD Points if the annual allowance is exceeded. Availability and eligible scan sources depend on software version and market approval.
READY TO BUILD YOUR 3SHAPE WORKFLOW?
Get the right Dental System configuration for your laboratory
Tell MedDenta which indications you design, how many CAD seats you need and which scanners or manufacturing systems are already in your workflow. We’ll help you identify the right package and add-ons.