Glidewell
Glidewell is a leading dental lab and digital dentistry company offering in-office CAD/CAM systems, crowns, and restorations with digital workflow support.
What Glidewell does
Glidewell is one of the largest dental laboratories in the world and a significant digital dentistry company. Its in-office milling system (the Glidewell IO system powered by Planmeca) enables practices to design and mill same-day crowns and restorations. Glidewell also operates as a full-service dental lab, offering digital impression submission for high-quality lab-fabricated restorations. The company's BruxZir zirconia brand is one of the most widely used crown materials in the US.
Core features
Avized research
Pricing
Capital + consumables — In-office system capital purchase; lab cases per-unit pricing
What to evaluate
Glidewell serves both as a lab (no hardware required) and as an in-office milling system vendor. Practices should decide whether in-office milling or lab submission is the better workflow before engaging. In-office milling requires significant capital and ongoing materials cost.