FOR SMALL DENTAL LABS · 2026

Dental lab software, built for small labs.

Enterprise platforms are sized for 50-tech labs with IT departments. Scanner companies solved file transfer and stopped there. WhatsApp + Excel "works" — until a remake costs you €450 and a clinic walks. TrazaLab is the third option you've been looking for.

1–10 technicians. 5–15 dentist clients. WhatsApp groups losing STLs.  If that's you, this page is for you.
~€9/month per tech 10-min setup No credit card EU-hosted · GDPR
WHAT IT'S COSTING YOU RIGHT NOW

Small labs aren't losing money on scanners.
They're losing it on everything around the scan.

Communication failures — incomplete prescriptions, missing photos, wrong shade, no design intent — drive most remakes. Not the impression. Not the milling. The handoff.

25–35%
of remakes caused by communication failures alone — the single largest cause.
JPD · LMT · NADL
~$450
all-in cost per remake (lab redo + chair time + shipping + patient comp).
TrazaLab Dossier · 2026
$23K/yr
saved by a mid-sized lab from preventing just one remake per week.
52 × $450 blended
86%
of crown & bridge impressions arrive with at least one detectable error.
Beier et al · JADA 2017
"They send a scan and expect us to read their mind." — #1 LAB COMPLAINT · TRAZALAB FRICTION RESEARCH 2026
WHY THE TOOLS YOU'VE LOOKED AT DON'T FIT

Three categories of software exist. None solve the handoff.

Every option you've evaluated solves a different problem. The case-communication and visual-evidence layer — where most remakes are born — is owned by nobody.

CATEGORY 1

Scanner platforms

3Shape Communicate · Medit Link · iTero · Dentsply Sirona
SolvedFile transfer. The STL gets to the lab.
Don't touchCase communication, shade context, design intent, clinical photos, Rx completeness. Ecosystem-locked to one scanner brand.
CATEGORY 2

Lab management software

Labtrac · LabStar · Evident · DAMAS · DentalTrak
SolvedOrder tracking, invoicing, scheduling — operations.
Don't touchClinical data capture, visual evidence, Rx quality. Priced for 15+ tech labs. Often desktop-only. 1–2 week setup with IT support.
CATEGORY 3

WhatsApp + Excel

"Free" — what 47% of small labs still use
SolvedSpeed. Everyone already has WhatsApp.
Don't touchAnything structured. STLs lost in chats. Shade as a free-text "A2". GDPR violations. Zero audit trail when a clinic disputes a case.
THE LAYER NOBODY ELSE OWNS

TrazaLab is the case-communication and evidence layer built for small labs.

Structured digital prescriptions that won't ship incomplete. Calibrated shade — not "A2" on a slip. A validation gate that blocks remakes before they happen. Real-time pipeline your owner checks from home, your dentists submit from their phone.

TOOL 01 · TRAZADETALLE + VALIDATION GATE

The digital Rx that won't let a case ship incomplete.

Every prescription forces the fields a remake-free case actually needs — material, tooth, margin, stump shade, prep evidence. If a field is missing, the case stops at the gate. The dentist sees what's missing. The lab never receives an incomplete Rx again.

Kills the #1 lab complaint: "they send a scan and expect us to read their mind." Up to 35% of remakes — gone before they're submitted.
trazalab.com / case / 2841
Case #2841 — García, M.
SUBMITTING
MaterialZirconia · multi-layerOK
Tooth26 · upper L1OK
MarginChamfer 0.8mmOK
AntagonistScanned · STL attachedOK
Stump shade— required —MISSING
BiteCR · digital scanOK
Submission blocked · 1 missing fieldStump shade is required for translucent zirconia. Add to proceed.
trazalab.com / shade / analyze
TrazaTono · Shade Analysis
CIEDE2000
VITA ClassicalA2.5ΔE 1.4
3D Master2M2ΔE 1.1
TranslucencyStandard
LightingD65 · calibrated ✓
Stump zoneND3
TOOL 02 · TRAZATONO

Calibrated shade — not "A2" on a slip.

Photograph the prep with a calibration tab in frame. The CIEDE2000 engine returns objective shade against VITA Classical, 3D Master, and Bleach systems — with translucency grade, stump shade, and lighting verification. The lab receives a shade map, not a free-text guess.

Kills the top patient-visible failure: shade mismatch. 39% of labs report shade matching is compromised on every case — this fixes the input.
TOOL 03 · VALIDATION GATE

A 5-phase gate that predicts remakes before fabrication.

When the lab receives a case, the gate runs five checks: Rx completeness, evidence presence, scan quality, clinical rules, rework risk. The outcome is BLOCK, FLAG, or PASS — with the specific reason. Labs route flagged cases for review instead of milling them, then re-doing them.

Digital-first labs cut remakes from 4% to under 1%. The gate is what bridges the gap — case-completeness gating before fabrication.
trazalab.com / lab / case / 2841 / gate
Validation Gate · Case #2841
FLAGGED
2 issues flagged · review before milling
Rework risk: Amber · 34% · est. cost if remake: $480
Phase 1 — Rx completePASS
Phase 2 — Evidence attachedPASS
Phase 3 — Scan quality (mesial gap)FLAG
Phase 4 — Margin clarity (distal)FLAG
Phase 5 — Rework history checkCLEAR
trazalab.com / lab / pipeline
Active cases · 23
LIVE
RX IN
#2841
García · 26 · Zr
#2843
López · 11 · PFM
DESIGN
#2839
Ruiz · 36 · Zr
#2837
Vega · 24 · Em
MILL
#2834
Soto · 46 · Zr
#2832
Mora · 14 · PFM
SHIP
#2828
Cano · 16 · Zr
#2825
Díaz · 25 · Em
low risk amber high risk
TOOL 04 · PIPELINE + REWORK PREDICTION

A real-time pipeline with risk badges on every case.

Every active case appears on a live kanban: Rx in · Design · Mill · Ship. Rework Prediction scores each case using your historical patterns — prior rework, missing evidence, complexity — and injects a risk badge so the team double-checks high-risk cases before milling. The owner checks status from home. The technician on the bench knows what to prioritize.

End the "where is the García crown?" calls. Real-time visibility for the lab, real-time status for the dentist.
TOOL 05 · CLINIC PORTAL

A clinic portal your dentists will actually use.

The biggest fear when adopting any lab software: the dentists won't use it. The TrazaLab clinic portal is a 90-second case submission flow on any phone — patient, material, photos, send. No training. No login fight. If they truly refuse, email-to-case still works so you get structured data without forcing adoption.

Kills the #1 buying anxiety: "what if my clinics don't adopt?" Start with one tech-friendly clinic. The rest follow once they see the portal.
New case
90 SEC
1
PatientGarcía, M. · 47 · F
2
MaterialZirconia · tooth 26
3
Photos4 attached · shade calibrated
4
Review & send
Send to lab →
No training. No login fight.
PRICING · NO HIDDEN FEES
Six things every small lab asks. Six clear answers.
~€9PER MONTH / TECH
14 daysFREE TRIAL
No cardREQUIRED
10 minSETUP TIME
5 GBFILE LIMIT / CASE
EU-hostedGDPR · AES-256
FOUR QUESTIONS, FOUR ANSWERS

The only things buyers actually ask.

TrazaLab starts at approximately €9/month per technician. No setup fee, no per-clinic fee, no charge for additional dentist clients on the portal. A 4-tech lab pays roughly €36/month total. The 14-day trial is full-feature, no credit card required. Run the cost calculatorStart 14-day trial, no card for your specific setup.

Yes. Export every case, file, prescription and message in standard formats (CSV, STL, PDF) at any time. Zero egress fees. Data is retained for 90 days after cancellation, then permanently deleted on request. Your lab is never held hostage.

Yes — any browser, any device. The lab owner can check case status from home, technicians can photograph shade matching from the bench, and dentist clients submit cases from their phone. Nothing to install. Desktop-only legacy software (LabStar, Evident on-premise) fails this test in 2026.

Yes. EU-hosted infrastructure, AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access controls, and full audit logging. Critical for EU labs handling patient data — WhatsApp and generic file-sharing tools (WeTransfer, personal Dropbox) do not meet GDPR requirements for medical data, with potential fines up to €20M or 4% of annual turnover.

Stop bleeding remakes. Start your 14-day trial.

Full features. No credit card. No installation. Test it on a real case with a real clinic. If it doesn't save you time in the first week, it isn't the right fit — and that's fine.