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Submitting a Digital Case to Ordont

Complete Intraoral Scan

Make sure to consider why you're scanning each patient before you begin scanning.

  • Taking a moment to do this will help make sure you capture accurate and relevant anatomy.
  • For example, if you're scanning a patient to send to Ordont for the fabrication of an upper fixed retainer, you will want to make sure to scan the lower arch in addition to the upper so the patient's occlusion can be evaluated during fabrication.

 

Evaluate each scan before releasing your patient.

  • Once you have completed the scan, a quick review of the scan prior to releasing the patient will help ensure the success of the appliance being requested.
  • When reviewing the scans, you are looking for any inaccuracies or distortions that may be present.
  • If there are any distortions detected that may be detrimental to the fabrication of the appliance, we highly recommend re-scanning the patient.

 

Distortion Detection & Relevance

  • Knowing how specific distortions occur is often very helpful in preventing them.
  • For additional information about the different types of distortions and specific anatomy that must be accurate depending upon the requested appliance, contact us.

Send or Export Scans

There are two ways to get your patient's scans to Ordont:

Sending Scans Direct

  • Most scanners on the market allow their users to send scans to the lab directly through the scanner itself.
  • With this option, once you have taken a scan, you will be able to select Ordont as your lab associated with that particular scan, and we will be able to export the scan(s)!
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  • This option requires a connection be established between your scanner and our lab.
  • This is very simple, and after you have established this connection once, you don't have to do it again!

Exporting Scans

  • The other option for sending scans to Ordont is to export your scans from the scanner, save them to your computer as digital files, and in addition to your digital prescription sheet, upload those files to us using our online case submission portal.
  • The process of exporting scans is quick and easy but varies from one scanner to the next.