1 · Guided capture · markers automatic
Scan
Insert the scan body, position the patient, line up the iPhone. The app guides you step by step through frontal view, profiles and bite position and detects the markers on the scan body by itself.
digital-Facebow. The digital facebow for iPhone.
Instead of bite fork and transfer bow: a guided 3D scan on the iPhone captures the skull and jaw relation, including ears and lateral regions. The result goes as a dataset to the lab or into your CAD software, where it is used for the articulator registration.
Developed by Dentsbay e. K. in Münster, Germany. Not tied to any lab: you choose your own lab.
Three steps from the practice to the lab.
2 · On the device · no cloud
Process
Photogrammetry, marker detection and alignment to the articulator run on the iPhone. No upload, no queue. Scans, photos and patient data stay on the device.
3 · DCAD-Inbox · exocad · 3Shape
Send to the lab
With the face scan the case goes end-to-end encrypted to the lab you linked in the app; there DCAD-Inbox opens the case and articulates virtually. For data protection and file size this is the only route. Without the face scan you can also export the dataset by e-mail for exocad and 3Shape (PLY/STL with metadata).
This is what it looks like in the app.
Real footage from the iPhone: assign the scan body, set the reference points, choose the articulator and send. In the lab the face scan then sits correctly oriented in the articulator.
What it leads to: a complete denture made to the face.
The video from the early days shows how a complete denture is made with a face scan. With digital-Facebow the same path works today with the bite fork and with a much better scan quality.
Requirement: the iPhone you already have.
- ✓iPhone with LiDAR and TrueDepth (iPhone 12 Pro or newer, all Pro and Pro Max models) or iPad Pro with LiDAR, iOS 17 or newer.
- ✓For the articulator registration: the dentsbay scan body and a bite plate, both in the shop. We do not provide the iPhone.
- ✓In the lab of your choice: DCAD-Inbox for macOS and Windows (free), or exocad and 3Shape via the export.
Your data stays on the device.
- ✓Scans, photos and patient data stay on the iPhone. dentsbay has no access.
- ✓No face recognition, no biometric profiles, no tracking.
- ✓Sending only when you trigger it, and only to the lab you choose. Whatever passes through the server is encrypted and deleted after pickup.
- ✓Purchases go through Apple; dentsbay sees no payment data.
Everything else in the privacy policy, section App.
Frequent questions, answered briefly.
- Which devices are supported?
- iPhone with LiDAR and TrueDepth (iPhone 12 Pro or newer, all Pro and Pro Max models) or iPad Pro with LiDAR, from iOS 17. Android runs as a closed beta on request only.
- What does the app cost?
- The app is free; you pay per face scan: €21.99 incl. VAT per scan, the same price in the app via Apple and as credit from the shop. Scan body starter sets include scan credit.
- Do I have to send to a particular lab?
- No. In the app you link the lab of your choice with its invitation code. Any lab can install DCAD-Inbox for free.
- Which CAD software reads the data?
- exocad and 3Shape via the export, plus any software that imports PLY or STL. In the lab, the free DCAD-Inbox receives the case directly.
More answers, troubleshooting and contact in the support section.
DCAD-Inbox receives the case.
The scan arrives end-to-end encrypted in the inbox, is trimmed, aligned to the articulator and goes to exocad or 3Shape in the correct orientation. Free, for macOS and Windows.
More about DCAD-Inbox →Questions about the app?
Requirements, troubleshooting, Android request and all questions about account and scans are in the support section. We usually reply within one working day.
To the support →