STL: Digital orthodontics

Digital orthodontics replaces plaster models with scanned STL files. CBCTHub lets you store these models and share them with your orthodontist or aligner lab.

Orthodontic use cases

• Initial diagnosis: digital model replaces the pre-treatment plaster set.
• Virtual setup: simulation of planned movements (designed by the aligner lab).
• Clear aligners: each aligner is printed/thermoformed from its own STL.
• Retainers: digital design and fabrication post-treatment.
• Progress tracking: intermediate scan compared against initial to evaluate progression.

Upload an orthodontic case

1. 1
   Initial intraoral scan (maxilla + mandible + bite in occlusion). Usually 3 STL files.
2. 2
   Upload the three to CBCTHub under the same patient. Rename them to identify: “Initial maxilla”, “Initial mandible”, “Initial occlusion”.
3. 3
   When you receive from the lab the virtual setup or the per-aligner files, upload them too. Label by number (“Aligner 1 maxilla”, etc.).
4. 4
   Share the patient portal with the orthodontist who is treating the case — from a single link they have access to all the files.

What CBCTHub does NOT do

Things outside the scope of the viewer:

• Does not design aligners or plan setups (that's Invisalign, ClearCorrect, proprietary software).
• Does not simulate movements automatically (it is only static visualization of the STL).
• Does not print or thermoform — you need separate physical equipment.
• Does not export to CAD/CAM milling formats (files remain STL).

What CBCTHub does do is be the digital repository of the case files, accessible from any device, with simple sharing by link.