What intraoral scanners do dental labs accept?

For general dentists upgrading to a digital impression workflow, scanner compatibility is the first practical question. Medit i700 and 3Shape TRIOS are the two most common scanners in restorative practices sending cases to Dani Dental, and both output open STL files that drop directly into the CAD pipeline. Carestream CS 3600 and iTero Element cases arrive daily without format issues. The short version: if your scanner exports STL or PLY, the workflow runs.

Prosthodontists running complex full-arch cases benefit from knowing that scan quality matters as much as format compatibility. A Primescan export from a clean, tissue-retracted prep scans at sub-20-micron accuracy, which translates directly into a better-fitting final restoration. Labs that shortcut their CAD setup can introduce fit error downstream regardless of how clean the scan was. Dani Dental's digital workflow validates margin traces before the case moves to milling, not after.

For DSO practices running multiple locations on different scanner brands, the open-STL standard is your operational anchor. A lab that requires proprietary file submission ties each location to a single scanner vendor and creates a procurement headache at scale. Dani Dental's workflow accepts scanner-agnostic STL imports, so standardizing on a lab partner does not force standardizing on a single scanner brand across 10 or 30 offices.