Case study · Dental / HealthTech · 2026

A complete dental aligner platform with clinic and admin portals

A marketing site, a clinic portal where practices upload STL scans, and an admin portal that runs aligner production end to end, all on one custom WordPress theme.

DAligners
DAligners website
-80%Manual work, through automation
+5%Growth in the clinic network
2Custom portals: clinic + admin
STL3D-scan case workflow
ClientDAligners
IndustryDental / HealthTech
ServicesWordPress platform & custom portals
StatusCompleted & live
Year2026
The challenge

What needed to change.

DAligners makes clear aligners from patient scans sent in by dental practices. The business model worked, but the operation behind it was manual: clinic sign-up, case intake, 3D scan files, status updates and messages were all handled by hand, and none of it could scale.

01

No clinic self-service

Practices could not register, add patients, submit cases or track progress themselves.

02

Every case handled by hand

Intake, files, status changes and messages were manual work for the team.

03

Scan files everywhere

Upper, lower and bite STL files arrived by email with no structured storage per case.

04

No operational overview

There was no single view of practices, patients and cases by status.

The approach

How we built it.

01

Marketing site

A brand site for patients and dentists, with a clear "For Doctors" path into the clinic portal.

02

Clinic portal

Practices register, add patients, create cases and upload the required STL scans and photos, then track each case.

03

Admin portal

The lab approves clinics, manages patients and cases, moves cases through the workflow and reads reports.

04

STL file management

Validated upper, lower and bite scans stored per case, with downloads for the lab and a full status history.

05

Automated case lifecycle

Status changes, notifications and clinic-lab messages run automatically, so the team only handles exceptions.

06

One custom theme

Site and both portals run on one custom WordPress theme the client owns, with no SaaS lock-in.

Inside the platform

A look at what we built.

DAligners: Clinic portal: dashboard
Clinic portal: dashboardEach practice sees its patients, cases and live status.
DAligners: Clinic portal: submit a case
Clinic portal: submit a caseUpload upper, lower and bite STL scans plus photos.
DAligners: Clinic portal: case tracking
Clinic portal: case trackingStatus history, notes and files for every case.
DAligners: Admin portal: dashboard
Admin portal: dashboardPractices, patients and cases by status at a glance.
DAligners: Admin portal: case management
Admin portal: case managementEvery case across every clinic in one list.
DAligners: Admin portal: reports
Admin portal: reportsCases by practice and by month.
The results

Before and after.

Area
Before
After
Case intake
Manual, by email
Self-serve clinic portal
STL files
Scattered
Stored and validated per case
Status updates
Manual
Automated workflow
Technology

Tools & stack

WordPressCustom themeACFCustom post typesRole-based accessPHPJavaScript / AJAXBootstrapNginx
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