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Open by design. Dental CAD/CAM software from Darmstadt.

Design, implant planning and smile design software for labs and practices, working with open STL files from many scanners, mills and printers.

  • CAD software
  • Chairside CAD
  • Implant planning
  • Smile design
  • 2010 Founded
  • 75.000 Licences sold
  • 150 Countries
  • Align Technology Part of

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About exocad

The company in brief.

exocad was founded in 2010 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute and is based in Darmstadt, Germany. It develops CAD/CAM software for dental labs and practices and has been part of Align Technology since 2020. The software is used in 150 countries and sold through partners and resellers.

  • 2010Founded
  • 75.000Licences sold
  • 150Countries
  • Align TechnologyPart of

What exocad offers

What they offer, by field.

CAD/CAM

exocad DentalCAD and ChairsideCAD

exocad makes DentalCAD for labs, ChairsideCAD for practices and exoplan for implant planning. The software works with open STL files from many scanners, mills and printers.

  • Any scanner writing open STL can be used
  • ChairsideCAD for design in the practice
  • exoplan: from implant planning to surgical guide

Smile design

Smile Creator and TruSmile

Smile Creator is a DentalCAD module that matches the patient’s photos or a 3D face scan to the 3D scans of the teeth. TruSmile Photo and TruSmile Video use AI to turn this into a realistic preview.

  • Photos and face scans matched to tooth scans
  • TruSmile Photo and TruSmile Video for the patient
  • A module within exocad DentalCAD

Cloud platforms

dentalshare, exocad webview, TruDesign®

exocad connects clinicians, dental technicians, production centres and design services through dentalshare, a multidirectional data transfer tool, and exocad webview for viewing 3D designs on any device.

  • Case sharing between clinic, lab and production
  • webview opens STL, OBJ and PLY
  • TruDesign service via dentalshare (US, Canada, EU)

Digital workflow

Their digital workflow.

The digital products the company names itself, from scan to cloud.

  1. 1Planningexoplan
  2. 2Designexocad DentalCAD
  3. 3Designexocad ChairsideCAD
  4. 4Cloud and collaborationdentalshare
  5. 5Cloud and collaborationTruSmile Photo / TruSmile Video

Address

Head office

exocad GmbHRosa-Parks-Str. 264295 DarmstadtGermany
Website
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Knowledge and education

Keep learning.

An overview of CPD and the manufacturers’ own academies.

This page is an independent information profile. Being listed does not mean there is a commercial partnership. Product images are illustrative. Facts checked on the companies’ websites on 27 and 28 October 2026. Source: exocad.com.