Dental CAD Outsourcingfor Dental Laboratories
Flexible CAD capacity when your laboratory needs it. CuspCAD provides remote, Exocad-based dental design support for laboratories — from individual cases to ongoing overflow production.
Expand your design capacity without expanding your in-house team. Send us the case files, review the design, and receive the final digital files ready for your laboratory workflow.
Flexible CAD Capacity
Extra design capacity without extra overhead
CAD workload is not always predictable. A busy production period, staff absence or an increase in incoming cases can quickly create a design bottleneck.
Explore our Exocad Design ServiceCuspCAD can work as an external CAD partner, giving your laboratory additional digital design capacity when you need it — without changing your existing production workflow.
Design Services
What we can design for your laboratory
Workflow
Designed to fit into your existing workflow
Send files
Share the scan files and case requirements.
We design
The restoration is designed in our digital workflow.
You review
Review the design and request adjustments if required.
Final delivery
Receive the approved digital design files.
Laboratory Support
Built around laboratory workflows
- ✓Exocad-based digital workflow
- ✓Flexible capacity for peak workloads
- ✓12–24h standard turnaround
- ✓Direct communication
- ✓Support for laboratories across Europe
- ✓Quality review before final delivery
Quality Control
Digital checks before delivery
- Margins & finish lines
- Morphology & emergence profile
- Proximal contacts
- Occlusion & clearance
- Restoration thickness
- Overall design consistency
When to Outsource
Add CAD capacity when your laboratory needs it
Outsourcing can give your laboratory access to additional design capacity without permanently increasing the size of your in-house CAD team. Use external support when workload changes, then keep manufacturing and final production under your own control.
Peak workloads
Add design capacity when incoming case volume temporarily exceeds your internal CAD workload capacity.
Staff absence
Maintain design continuity during holidays, illness or temporary gaps in your internal CAD team.
Growing case volume
Support increasing digital case volume before committing to additional permanent CAD staffing.
Ongoing CAD support
Use CuspCAD as a regular external design resource alongside your existing laboratory team.
FAQ
Dental CAD Outsourcing FAQ
What is dental CAD outsourcing?
Dental CAD outsourcing allows a dental laboratory to send digital cases to an external CAD design partner. The laboratory reviews the design and receives the final digital files for use in its own production workflow.
Can we use CuspCAD only when our laboratory is busy?
Yes. Laboratories can use CuspCAD as additional CAD capacity during peak workloads, staff absence or temporary production overflow, as well as for ongoing collaboration.
What is the standard turnaround time?
Standard cases are typically designed within 12 to 24 hours, depending on case complexity, completeness of the submitted information and any required revisions.
Can our laboratory request revisions?
Yes. The laboratory can review the design and request adjustments before final approval. Revisions related to a CuspCAD design error are corrected without additional design charge, while changes caused by new or corrected scan data or clinical information may require additional work.
Does CuspCAD manufacture dental restorations?
No. CuspCAD focuses on digital CAD design. The laboratory retains control of manufacturing, material selection and the final production workflow.
How much does dental CAD outsourcing cost?
Standard crown and bridge designs start from €8 per unit. Complex cases are quoted separately according to the case requirements.
How can a new laboratory start working with CuspCAD?
New laboratory partners can begin with three eligible standard crown or bridge cases free of design charge to evaluate the workflow, communication and design quality before starting regular collaboration.
Professional Trial
Test our workflow with 3 standard cases — free.
New laboratory partners can send three independent standard crown or bridge cases to evaluate our communication, workflow and design quality before starting a regular collaboration.
Standard crown and bridge design starts from €8 per unit after the trial. Complex cases are quoted separately.