Adopting a Model-less Workflow: 5 Key Considerations

According to LMT’s 2017 Digital Technology Survey, laboratories are starting to embrace the model-less concept: a quarter of respondents are currently doing some cases model free and that number is expected to keep growing as more dentists adopt intra-oral scanners. 

A model-less workflow allows labs to eliminate even more steps of the fabrication process, reducing labor and materials costs as well as production times. Consequently, labs are gaining a competitive advantage and shortening turnaround times, some offering next- or even same-day services.

Here are five key considerations if you’re planning to go model free: 

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