Bad Bites Suck - Inside the Software Many Lab Are Using

Bite-Finder CEO Björn Zäuner joins Dr. Ahmad to reveal what the data from millions of scans actually shows — and the number is worse than most dentists want to admit. Björn built Bite-Finder from the inside out. Starting with his family's dental lab, he identified that occlusion, shade, and contacts were the three leading causes of crown remakes — and set out to solve the bite problem with software. Today, Bite-Finder is integrated directly into exocad and a growing list of scanners, and over 12,000 users worldwide have signed up since its public launch in 2023. In this episode, Dr. Ahmad and Björn go deep on why bad bites happen, what the data actually shows across scanner brands, and what labs and dentists can do right now to improve their outcomes. They also cover the xSNAP acquisition, patient-specific articulators, Margin Finder, AI-powered scan QC, and the bigger vision of making quality dentistry accessible at scale. If you work with an intraoral scanner or run a dental lab, this one is worth your time. 🕐 CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction and Bjorn's Background in Dental Tech 05:04 - What Is Bite-Finder? The Elevator Pitch 06:50 - How Bite-Finder Integrates Into Your Existing Workflow 10:36 - Why Digital Bites Get More Scrutiny Than Analog Impressions 12:37 - Dynamic Occlusion and Patient-Specific Jaw Simulation 21:51 - Open Data, Integrations and the Road Ahead 27:50 - The Data: What Bite-Finder Sees Across Millions of Scans 29:17 - The Three Reasons Bite Scans Fail (Scanner, Operator, Patient) 32:09 - Do Scanner Brands Actually Make a Difference? 36:42 - xSNAP, Margin Finder and the Evolving Platform 42:39 - Why AI Prep Analysis Still Isn't Built Into Scanners 46:34 - Quality at Scale for DSOs and Large Labs 47:38 - 40 Million Edentulous Americans: The Access Problem 52:10 - Final Thoughts and How to Try Bite-Finder Free 🔗 LINKS AND RESOURCES Try Bite-Finder free and book a demo: https://bite-finder.com [PLACEHOLDER - Add iDD blog post or related article URL here when published] 📲 Let's be social! Follow iDD on the following platforms: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/instituteofdigitaldentistry Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/idigitaldentistry/ LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/company/instituteofdigitaldentistry TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@idigitaldentistry X - https://x.com/iDigitalDentist 📍Institute of Digital Dentistry At the forefront of digital dentistry education - your digital dentistry journey starts here! https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/ 📚 Join iDD's Free Academy and get instant access to over 40+ Free digital dentistry courses and eBook PDFs! https://idd.to/freeacademy 💻 Check out our online course bundles: https://instituteofdigitaldentistry.com/bundles/ 🎙️Listen to our 'Digital Dentistry Decoded with iDD' podcast on your favorite streaming platform now! https://idd.to/podcast