For dental professionals

Free tools for dentists

Quick decision-support pickers and design tools from our lab — free to use, no sign-up, and free to share with your team or link from your practice website.

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Tools

Pick a tool

Each picker asks three questions and returns a shortlist to discuss — built from the questions our technicians ask when talking a case through.

Orthodontics

Retainer picker

Shortlist a retainer to discuss — Essix, Zendura A, Zendura FLX, fixed or with a pontic.

3 questions · about a minute Open tool → Bruxism & TMD

Bruxism appliance picker

Shortlist a splint or nightguard — soft, dual-laminate, hard Michigan-type or anterior deprogrammer.

3 questions · about a minute Open tool → Snoring

Snoreguard finder

Shortlist a mandibular advancement device — MSi, Silensor-SL or fused.

3 questions · about a minute Open tool → Gumshields

Gumshield designer

Pick colours, add a name and see a custom gumshield in 3D — handy for patients, clubs and schools.

Interactive 3D Open tool →

Resources

Guides for sending cases

Practical references to get cases to us right first time.

Scanner connection guides

Step-by-step guides to sending us cases from iTero, Medit, 3Shape and more.

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Scan & impression requirements

What we need for each appliance, so cases arrive right first time.

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FAQ

Free tools: common questions

Are these tools free?

Yes. Every tool on this page is free to use, needs no sign-up, and works on any device — whether or not you're a Bridge Dental Laboratory customer.

Do the pickers give a prescription?

No. The retainer, bruxism and snoreguard pickers are decision-support guides for dental professionals — a starting point for discussion based on your answers, never a diagnosis, treatment plan or prescription.

Can I link to these tools from my practice website?

Please do. Each tool page has a copy-link button and a ready-made HTML snippet you can paste into your website or staff resources page.

Who makes these tools?

Bridge Dental Laboratory — a family-run, DAMAS-accredited UK dental lab in Christchurch, Dorset, making appliances for practices nationwide since 1978. The pickers are built from the same questions our technicians ask when talking a case through.

Ready to send a case?

Request a price list or send your first scan — no contract, no minimum order.

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