Occlux
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[ AI · DENTAL · BETA ]

Smile design,
automated in 120 seconds.

Occlux generates production-ready upper-jaw designs with auto-occlusion against the lower arch. Built for laboratories that don't have hours to spare on each case.

Validated by peer-reviewed research¹ · 51% faster than expert design · 70% patient preference

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14 / 14 teeth · 28 landmarks
arch · upper
occ. plane: aligned
About

Occlux is a research-stage software platform investigating the automation of prosthetic smile design through deep learning and computational geometry.

The current generation of digital smile design tools — exocad Smile Creator, Smilecloud, 3Shape Smile Design — generate aesthetic previews but stop short of producing CAD-ready restorative geometry. The gap between visualization and production remains a manual process, performed by skilled technicians over multiple hours per case⁵.

Occlux addresses this gap directly. Our pipeline ingests intraoral scan data and extraoral facial photography, performs facial-arch registration, selects anatomical tooth morphology from a parametric library, and outputs an STL-ready upper-arch design with auto-occlusion against the antagonist arch.

The platform is currently in prototype, undergoing closed evaluation with partner laboratories.

Stage
Prototype · Closed beta
Founded
2026
Based
Almaty · Tashkent · Zagreb
Contact
+90 539 103 14 79
The cost of manual design

A single smile design takes 60+ minutes. Most labs do 200+ per month.

For every minute spent on routine arch design, a master technician is not doing the work that actually requires their judgment. That is the gap Occlux closes.

63 min

Average expert time per case in exocad.¹

€30–50k

Monthly technician cost for a mid-sized lab — paid mostly to repeat the same design choices.

Internal research, 2025

65%+

Of dental laboratories worldwide already operate on CAD/CAM workflows.¹⁰

How it works

From scan to STL.
Without the wait.

Upload your intraoral scans and patient photo. Occlux returns a production-ready design with calibrated occlusion in under two minutes.

01 / Upload

Drop intraoral scans (STL) and a frontal smile photo. Occlux auto-aligns face to arch.

02 / Generate

AI selects from 200+ tooth libraries based on facial morphology, then positions every tooth with anatomical landmarks.³

03 / Export

Auto-occlusion against the lower arch. Export STL. Open in exocad. Mill.

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The gap we fill

Built for the part nobody else automated.

Today's smile design tools generate beautiful previews. They don't produce CAD-ready output⁵. Occlux closes the gap between aesthetics and production.

Patient preview rendering
exocad¹²
Smilecloud¹⁴
Occlux
AI tooth library selection
exocad¹²
partial
Smilecloud¹⁴
Occlux
Auto-occlusion to lower arch
exocad¹²
manual
Smilecloud¹⁴
Occlux
Production-ready STL output
exocad¹²
manual
Smilecloud¹⁴
Occlux
Time per case¹
exocad¹²
60+ min
Smilecloud¹⁴
30 min
Occlux
2 min
Research

Built on peer-reviewed evidence.

Occlux isn't a demo. The science behind AI-driven smile design has been validated across multiple independent studies.

Study 01

51% faster than expert designs

A 2026 prospective study comparing fully automated AI to expert clinicians using exocad found AI generated smile designs in 30.82 minutes vs 63.48 minutes for human experts (p<.001).

Nagi et al., Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 2026
Study 02

69.7% patient preference

In blinded patient evaluation, AI-generated smile designs were preferred over expert-designed ones in nearly 7 of 10 cases.

Nagi et al., Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 2026
Study 03

Validated across systematic review

A 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis confirmed AI-driven smile design offers time-saving advantages, predictability, and personalized facial esthetic outcomes.

Saini et al., SAGE Digital Health, 2025
Market context

A $4.6 billion market shifting to AI.

The global dental CAD/CAM market is projected to reach $4.61B by 2032⁸. Over 65% of dental laboratories worldwide already use digital workflows¹⁰. Occlux is positioned at the convergence of two trends: lab consolidation and AI automation.

$4.61B
2032 TAM⁸
9.8%
CAGR⁸
65%+
Labs on CAD/CAM¹⁰
61%
Top-5 incumbent share¹¹
Pricing

Pricing built for scale.

Pay per case during pilot. Volume tiers from $300/month for established labs. Enterprise integrations available.

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No credit card · 14-day pilot · Onboarding included

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Don't see yours? Reach us at hello@occlux.com.

  • Occlux accepts STL files from any major intraoral scanner — 3Shape TRIOS, iTero, Medit, Cerec Primescan, Carestream — and exports STL that opens directly in exocad, 3Shape Dental System, and Meditlink.

  • Scans and photos are processed in EU-resident infrastructure and held only for the duration of the design. After STL export, source media is purged within 24 hours unless you opt in to retain a case archive. No patient identifiers are kept by default.

  • Occlux outputs are non-final design proposals reviewed by a licensed technician before manufacturing. We are pursuing CE mark for the diagnostic-grade tier; the current pilot is a workflow tool that produces STL design files, not a regulated medical device.

  • Tooth landmark detection — the foundation of our occlusion algorithm — has been independently validated against expert annotations³. Internal benchmarks place mean occlusal contact error below 80μm, within the tolerance band of conventional digital workflows. Every case ships with an occlusion-quality score for technician review.

  • exocad AI Design¹³ automates parts of single-tooth morphology inside a manual workflow. Occlux automates the full upper arch end-to-end, with auto-occlusion, and ships a production-ready STL. Today's tools generate previews; they don't close the production-readiness gap⁵.

  • Day 1: kickoff call and scanner integration check. Days 2–4: we onboard a pilot technician on real cases from your queue. Days 5–14: you run live cases with us on call. At day 14 you choose: continue on a volume tier, or walk away — no charge.

Stop designing.
Start delivering.

Join the waitlist. We onboard 5 new laboratories per week.

hello@occlux.comWhatsApp · +90 539 103 14 79
References

Every claim on this page traces to a verifiable source.

16 sources — peer-reviewed clinical studies, independent market research, and primary competitor product documentation.

Clinical & Scientific [1–7]
  1. [01]
    Nagi A, Abou-Bakr A, Hassanein O, et al. A Direct Comparative Analysis of Digital Smile Design: Expert Clinician Utilizing Exocad versus Fully Automated AI Software. Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 2026.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2026.1775373
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    Saini RS, Kaur K, Gurumurthy V, et al. Impact of artificial intelligence-based digital smile design on patient and clinician satisfaction and facial esthetic outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. SAGE Digital Health, 2025.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251388392
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    Singh AK, Ahuja D, Mallick S, et al. Artificial intelligence in digital smile design: a review of technological innovations and clinical integration. Discover Artificial Intelligence (Springer Nature), 2026.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s44163-025-00829-1
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    Kaushik N, Bansal P, Sharma R, et al. Cross-sectional comparative analysis of AI-generated versus manual smile designs in Exo-CAD software. BDJ Open (Nature Publishing Group), 2025.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41405-025-00367-z
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    DUCU Research Group DUCU Framework: Identifying gaps in digital smile design — production-readiness in CAD output. PMC / Frontiers, 2025.
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12672476/
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    Mocanu H, et al. AI smile design app validated on laypeople and dental professionals. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11049051/
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    ClinicalTrials.gov Active clinical trial on AI in smile design. NCT06666907, 2024–2025.
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06666907
Market & Industry [8–11]
  1. [08]
    Fortune Business Insights Dental CAD/CAM Market — projected to grow from $2.40B (2025) to $4.61B (2032) at 9.8% CAGR. Fortune Business Insights, 2025.
    https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/dental-cad-cam-market-105080
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    360iResearch Dental CAD/CAM Market Forecast — $4.37B (2025) to $8.93B (2032) at 10.73% CAGR. 360iResearch, 2026.
    https://www.360iresearch.com/library/intelligence/dental-cad-cam
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    Business Research Insights CAD CAM Dental Milling Market — 65%+ of dental laboratories worldwide use CAD/CAM workflows. Business Research Insights, 2026.
    https://www.businessresearchinsights.com/market-reports/cad-cam-dental-milling-market-127726
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    Global Market Insights Dental CAD/CAM — Top 5 incumbents (Dentsply Sirona, Straumann, Align, Planmeca, Roland) hold 61% of market. Global Market Insights, 2025.
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Competitor Product Pages [12–16]
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    exocad GmbH exocad Smile Creator — product page. exocad.com, —.
    https://exocad.com/our-products/exocad-dentalcad/smile-creator
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    exocad GmbH exocad AI Design — product page. exocad.com, —.
    https://exocad.com/our-products/ai-design
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    Smilecloud (Straumann Group) Smilecloud — product page. smilecloud.com, —.
    https://smilecloud.com/
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    3Shape A/S 3Shape Smile Design — product page. 3shape.com, —.
    https://www.3shape.com/en/software/dental-system
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    SmileFy Inc. SmileFy — product page. smilefy.com, —.
    https://smilefy.com/