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GuideMia Clear Aligner Cookbook — Individual Technician Edition

Purpose

This guide targets individual orthodontic technicians and designers seeking to deliver aligner design services to dental clinics without manufacturing infrastructure. The technician handles design work while clinics manage fabrication.

Business Model Overview

Services Provided

  • Digital treatment planning
  • Automatic staging and attachment design
  • Fabrication-ready aligner models
  • Post-treatment retainer design (included in every OrthoPlus tier)

Infrastructure Not Required

Practitioners avoid investing in printers, thermoforming machines, trimming equipment, or manufacturing facilities — keeping overhead minimal.

Core Software Stack

GuideMia OrthoPlus — AI-powered design engine featuring automatic tooth segmentation, setup, staging, attachment placement, and aligner model generation. Subscribe at gm.cympha.com.

Cympha (app.cympha.com) — your Virtual Lab: case intake from clinics, file storage and sharing, client communication, an append-only event log that keeps every change to the case, and per-case billing in one workflow.

Workflow Process

  1. Clinic uploads scans through Cympha
  2. Automatic scan processing and AI segmentation in OrthoPlus
  3. Minimal manual refinement as needed
  4. One-click staging and algorithm-driven attachments
  5. Export fabrication-ready models
  6. Deliver designs back through Cympha — share a 3D plan link with the clinician via Cympha Studio

Financial Model

Software costs: a single GuideMia OrthoPlus subscription (monthly or annual at gm.cympha.com) plus Cympha for case intake and delivery. Pricing scales with case volume rather than seat count.

Revenue model: you set your own fee per design. The software is one subscription with a monthly number of cases, plus prepaid cases for busy months, so you know the software cost of each case in advance and every case you take at your own design fee improves your margin. Model the numbers against your own market — we publish no benchmark figures.

Value Proposition for Clinics

  • Faster turnaround without production delays
  • Consistent, professional-grade planning quality
  • Peace of mind: every decision, file and message stays on the case, so nothing is lost between you and the clinic
  • Pride in the work: a named designer the clinic can talk to directly, not an anonymous queue