Cut lab bills in half.
Keep the equipment.
A complete digital dentistry transformation for clinics — equipment placement, centralised CAD/CAM design, and consumables supply delivered on a single fixed monthly contract.
Clinics know digital dentistry should be cheaper. It isn't.
The technology is mature. The materials are commodity. Yet most clinics still outsource prosthetic production at margins set for a manual era — because the commercial bridge to in-house has been missing.
The lab cost gap
A single zirconia puck costs roughly $100 and can produce thousands of dollars of finished restorations. Digital manufacturing has compressed production cost — laboratory pricing has not followed.
The adoption friction
Going in-house means buying machines, mastering scanners, milling, sintering, software, and supply chain. Most clinics stall before they begin.
The designer bottleneck
A clinic doing one or two cases a day cannot justify a full-time CAD/CAM designer. Without design capability, the equipment sits idle.
An outsourced-to-insourced bridge — without becoming a laboratory.
We supply the equipment, the design capability, and the consumables. The clinic keeps clinical control and captures the production margin that previously went to an external lab.
Clinic scans
Patient is scanned with an intraoral scanner in the chair.
Scan uploads
File is sent to our centralised CAD/CAM design team.
We design
Restoration designed and returned, ready for production.
Clinic mills
Clinic manufactures in-house using our equipment and consumables.
We don't sell equipment.
We reduce a cost they're already paying.
We assess the clinic's current monthly lab bill and propose a fixed monthly package at roughly half that amount. The conversation stops being a capital purchase and becomes a cost-reduction decision.
- No upfront equipment purchase
- No in-house designer to hire
- No supply chain to build
- An immediate, framed monthly saving
Illustrative example. Package is sized to roughly 50% of the clinic's existing monthly laboratory expenditure.
Five-year contracts.
Day-one cash.
Every contract is sized to roughly half the clinic's current monthly lab spend, run over a 60-month term. A typical allocation of ~15% is reserved for equipment within the total contract value — the remaining balance funds design, consumables and margin. A finance partner advances the full contract value on day one; the clinic pays monthly to the financier.
| Clinic profile | Lab / mo | Package / mo | Contract (60 mo) | Typical equipment budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small general practice | $4k | $2k | $120k | $18k |
| Mid-size general practice | $8k | $4k | $240k | $36k |
| Busy general practice | $10k | $5k | $300k | $45k |
| Cosmetic / specialist clinic | $15k | $8k | $450k | $68k |
| Implant / prosthodontic centre | $25k | $13k | $750k | $113k |
Illustrative figures based on a 50% package-to-lab ratio, a 60-month term, and equipment fixed at 15% of total contract value. Actual pricing varies by clinic case mix and equipment configuration.
Packages built backwards
from clinical output.
Each clinic type has a different production need. Rather than fifty equipment permutations, the offer is structured as a small set of clean packages — each one assembled around what that clinic actually produces.
General Dental package
For crowns, bridges, onlays, inlays, temporaries, simple implant crowns, nightguards and routine cosmetic work. The broadest and probably the most common target.
The standard lab-bill replacement package and likely the strongest first market: steady lab spend, no appetite for a full-time CAD/CAM designer.
- Intraoral scanner
- Chairside milling machine
- Zirconia workflow
- Lithium disilicate / glass ceramic workflow
- Sintering furnace
- Crystallisation / glazing furnace
- Finishing and polishing tools
- Shade-taking tools
- Consumables storage and reorder system
- Case submission workflow to central design
Pre-configured equipment packages
on a single monthly contract.
Every clinic starts at the package that matches its case volume and clinical mix. Each is delivered on the same fixed monthly contract — equipment, centralised design, and consumables included.
Restorative Package
Medium clinic with steady restorative volume. First serious lab-bill reduction package.
Equipment Options
Each clinic type maps to a specific set of KEKR equipment. The tabs below show exactly what the package covers — and the workflow pieces that need to be sourced externally to turn it into a complete operating setup.
General clinic
The standard restorative workflow: zirconia, PMMA, simple implant crowns, temporaries and some glass ceramic work. The KEKR backbone covers scan, mill, sinter and fire.
- CAD/CAM laptop or workstation
- Compressor (if required by mill)
- Dust extraction
- Finishing & polishing tools
- Shade-taking tools
- Case management / design submission portal
Match the equipment
to the clinic's actual workload.
Clinic size, chair count and daily case volume drive equipment count — not a one-size-fits-all list. Below is a practical sizing model for clinics using in-house production as their primary workflow.
| Clinic size | Profile | Scanners | Mills | Furnaces | Printers | Best package |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solo clinic 1 clinician · 1–2 chairs | Low to moderate lab bill, occasional CAD/CAM cases | 1 | 1 compact wet/dry mill | 1 porcelain or 1 sintering furnace depending on material focus | Optional 1 | Digital Scanning Package |
Small clinic 2 clinicians · 2–3 chairs | Steady crown and bridge work, regular restorative flow | 2 | 1 wet/dry mill | 1 sintering + 1 porcelain furnace | Optional 1 | Glass Ceramic Package |
Medium clinic 3–4 clinicians · 4–6 chairs | Regular restorative flow, first serious lab-bill reduction target | 3–4 | 1 wet/dry mill, optional 1 dry mill | 1 sintering + 1 porcelain furnace | 1 | Restorative Package |
Large clinic 5–6 clinicians · 6–8 chairs | High patient traffic, significant daily crown volume | 5–6 | 2 mills: 1 wet/dry + 1 dry or implant-capable mill | 2 furnaces: sintering + porcelain; optional second sintering | 1–2 | Implant & Guide Package |
Very large clinic 7–10 clinicians · 8–12 chairs | Very high lab bill, clinic-owned mini lab territory | 7–10 | 2–3 mills: wet/dry, dry, implant/full-function | 2–3 furnaces | 2 | One-Stop Package |
Multi-location group Multiple clinicians · Multiple sites | Shared production across clinics via central hub | 1 per active clinician or per surgery | Central hub with 2–4 mills | Central hub with 2–4 furnaces | 2–4 at hub | Hub & Spoke Package |
Detailed equipment lists for the most common clinic sizes. These are illustrative — actual configuration is tailored to case mix and material preference.
1 clinician / 1–2 chair clinic
Small general clinic doing occasional crowns, inlays, onlays, temporaries, and some basic zirconia or glass ceramic work.
One scanner, K5W PLUS, one furnace matched to the main material workflow.
| Daily production need | Scanners | Mills | Furnaces | Printers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 CAD/CAM cases/day | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 |
| 3–5 cases/day | 2–3 | 1 wet/dry mill | Sintering + porcelain | 0–1 |
| 6–10 cases/day | 3–5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10–20 cases/day | 5–8 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2 |
| 20+ cases/day | Hub/lab model | Multiple | Multiple | Multiple |
| Clinic scale | Scanners | Mills | Furnaces | Printers | Production model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Scan-first or light chairside |
| Small | 2 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | Basic in-house production |
| Medium | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2 | 1 | Proper restorative workflow |
| Large | 5–6 | 2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | High-volume clinic production |
| Very large | 7–10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Clinic-owned mini lab |
| Multi-site | 1 per clinician/location | 2–4 central | 2–4 central | 2–4 central | Hub-and-spoke production |
All figures are illustrative guides based on typical clinic profiles. Actual equipment configuration is sized to case mix, material preference, and daily production targets. Relevant KEKR equipment categories include intraoral scanners, desktop scanners, sintering furnaces, porcelain furnaces, 3D printers, curing/cleaning units, and K5 PRO / K5W PLUS / K5W PRO milling machines.
Four connected revenue streams, one workflow.
Financed contract value
Large upfront cash receipt per clinic. Funds equipment, inventory, and growth without waiting for monthly accrual.
Consumables supply
Zirconia, lithium disilicate, PMMA, PEEK, burs, sintering materials. Aggregated demand, recurring margin.
CAD/CAM design services
Centralised design team services many clinics. High utilisation, scalable labour, consistent quality.
Expansion verticals
Multi-location groups, implant centres, prosthodontic specialists, training, software integrations.
Every clinic added
is a 5-year annuity.
Modelled on a typical clinic — a $10,000 monthly lab bill replaced by a $5,000 monthly package. At a 60-month term that is $300,000 of contract value per clinic: $45,000 in equipment cost and $255,000 of design, consumables and margin to deploy over the term.
Projection based on a typical-clinic profile. Mix of cosmetic, implant and group contracts shifts contract size upward; the 15% equipment ratio and 60-month term hold across packages.
A single, clean
production loop.
The clinic stays clinical. We carry the production infrastructure. Turnaround compresses from days to a single appointment.
- 01Clinician performs intraoral scan
- 02Scan uploaded to our design team
- 03CAD/CAM design produced centrally
- 04Design file returned to the clinic
- 05Clinic mills using supplied equipment
- 06Patient receives restoration the same visit
One designer.
Many clinics.
A clinic doing one or two cases per day cannot justify a full-time CAD/CAM designer. Aggregated across many clinics, that intermittent demand becomes a full workload — and a quality-controlled, scalable service line.
A distribution business with a moat at every layer.
Cost disruption
Enter every conversation with an immediate ~50% saving on existing spend.
Equipment-led lock-in
Once integrated into the clinic workflow, consumables follow naturally.
Consumables margin
Aggregate demand across clinics for stronger supplier pricing.
Centralised design
Shared CAD/CAM resource — high utilisation, consistent quality.
Supplier leverage
Volume unlocks better terms, exclusivity and supply security.
Operator insight
Built from direct clinic operating experience, not theoretical supply.
Finance-backed scaling
Upfront contract funding lets us scale faster than monthly SaaS.
The technology arrived.
The model didn't.
Intraoral scanners are commonplace. CAD/CAM software is mature. Milling machines are accessible. Zirconia, lithium disilicate, PMMA and PEEK are commercial standards.
What hasn't existed is a commercial bridge — one that removes the capital cost, the staffing burden, the workflow risk, and the supply complexity in a single offer.
That bridge is the business.
Become the operating layer for digital dental production.
Network of clinics
Equipment, materials, and design as a shared operating layer.
Workflow infrastructure
From transactional supplier to embedded production partner.
Category leadership
Define the post-laboratory distribution model for digital dentistry.