Nearshore dental lab · for U.S. labs

Nearshore dental CAD design, in your time zone.

PROCA is a dental design center in Mexico that gives U.S. labs and clinics in-house CAD design for fixed and removable work — crowns and bridges, RPD frameworks, implant bars, dentures and night guards — delivered as production-ready files for your own mill, printer or bench. Same-day communication, bilingual team, short lead times — design capacity without hiring. For the U.S. market we deliver digital files only: PROCA does not manufacture or ship physical products to the United States. Prefer Spanish? Read the CAD design page in Spanish.

Shared U.S. time zone In-house CAD design Bilingual EN / ES Printed titanium RPD frameworks
Why nearshore

Close enough to collaborate, specialized enough to scale.

Offshore outsourcing can work for simple cases, but it trades a day for every question. Nearshore removes that friction — see the full comparison in nearshore vs. offshore dental CAD design.

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Shared time zone, same-day answers

Your working day overlaps with ours. A margin, an STL, or an RPD preference gets resolved while the case is still active — not overnight.

2

In-house design is the moat

Cheap milling is a commodity. What protects fit and finish is design. Our CAD is in-house at the PROCA design center, close to bench realities: occlusion, connectors, emergence, material limits.

3

One design team, your workflow

Get a production-ready CAD file built by a team that knows the bench — the same team that designed the case. If something needs a fix, there is one team to call. How it works: nearshore CAD design for U.S. labs.

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Variable design capacity

Turn part of your CAD workload into variable design capacity. Scale up in busy weeks and down in slow ones without payroll, software seats, or new machines.

What we design

Designed in-house, nearshore.

Fixed and removable work, from a clean STL to a production-ready file. CAD design is billed in prepaid design credits (USD). For U.S. laboratories the deliverable is the digital file — you manufacture on your own equipment or with your own supplier.

Zirconia CAD design only

Send the STL and receive a production-ready zirconia crown or bridge design for your own milling and finishing: anatomy, contacts, occlusion, and margins built for your material and mill. You keep the brand, the finish, and the customer.

Zirconia is a design service (1 design credit per unit); PROCA does not mill zirconia.

RPD framework design

Removable partial denture frameworks designed for printed titanium or cast alloy, balancing insertion path, rests, clasps, relief and tissue support. You receive the file ready for your printer, mill or casting route.

How we work RPD cases: RPD design services for U.S. dental labs.

Implant bar design

Bars for implant-supported full-arch work, designed in-house and delivered as a production-ready file for your titanium route. The All-on-X design draws design credits.

Denture design

Full and partial denture design — tooth setup, base and finish lines — delivered as files for your own printing or milling workflow.

Night guard design

Occlusal night guards designed for milling or printing in your material of choice, with thickness and contacts set for the case.

Models, guides & provisionals

Printable models, surgical guides and provisional designs, validated before you print. Files are checked for manifold geometry, wall thickness and deviation.

Our digital infrastructure

Studio-grade design infrastructure.

What makes nearshore dependable is not the mill — it is the software and the design discipline behind every case.

In-house design team

We design with our own expert team, close to real CAD problems. That proximity keeps improvement fast and grounded in lab work, not outsourced to a generic vendor.

PROCAOps portal: one place per case

Upload the case, follow its status, and approve from the portal. Every case is traceable from order to delivery — no chasing over messages. The same PROCAOps case-management software is available to labs on its own; see plans and pricing.

File validation before milling or printing

Mesh, geometric closure, wall thickness, and deviation are checked before milling or printing. Fewer remakes, fewer surprises.

AI-assisted operation

Agentic AI groups work by process, flags cases that are not moving, and validates files. Intelligence applied to the workflow, where cases are actually lost.

Design credits · USD

Prepaid design credits, from $6 per credit.

CAD design for U.S. labs is billed in prepaid credits. Pick a package, send cases as they come, and each job draws a fixed number of credits. The deliverable is a digital file for your own mill, printer or bench.

50 Credits
$7.00 USD / credit
$350 USD total
100 Credits
$6.50 USD / credit
$650 USD total
250 Credits
$6.00 USD / credit
$1,500 USD total
Credits per job
Job / serviceCredits
Crown / fixed unit1 credit
Implant2 credits
Unilateral RPD2 credits
Bilateral RPD3 credits
Nightguard2 credits
Full denture / arch6 credits
Flexible RPD / arch5 credits
All-on-X / arch10 credits
Effective design cost per job (USD)
Job / service50 credits @ $7.00100 credits @ $6.50250 credits @ $6.00
Crown / fixed unit$7.00$6.50$6.00
Implant$14.00$13.00$12.00
Unilateral RPD$14.00$13.00$12.00
Bilateral RPD$21.00$19.50$18.00
Nightguard$14.00$13.00$12.00
Full denture / arch$42.00$39.00$36.00
Flexible RPD / arch$35.00$32.50$30.00
All-on-X / arch$70.00$65.00$60.00

Prices in USD. Credits cover CAD design only. RPD and denture items are per arch where noted.

Request design credits

How it works

From STL handoff to a production-ready case.

You send the case

STL files or intraoral scan exports, plus the prescription, material, shade notes, and preferences.

We design in-house

We design in the right CAD environment and share a preview for approval when needed — same time zone, same day.

Receive the file

Receive a production-ready file for your own mill, printer or bench.

Fast design delivery

Short lead times and shared business hours keep your promised dates intact.

Learn more

Guides for U.S. labs.

How nearshore CAD design works, written for labs comparing design partners.

Get a quote

Tell us what you produce and we will build a price list.

Leave your email and we will get back to you with a per-case quote for your volume. No commitment.

We will reach out to build your nearshore quote. No commitment.

FAQ

Common questions from labs.

What does nearshore mean here?

Your CAD design partner is in Mexico — in the same time zone as U.S. labs, not across the world. Questions get answered the same day, and lead times are short. For the trade-offs against distant offshore queues, read nearshore vs. offshore dental CAD design.

Can I get design only?

Yes. Send a clean STL and receive a production-ready design — zirconia crowns and bridges included — for your own mill, printer or bench. PROCA does not manufacture or ship physical dental products to the United States. For removable work, see RPD design services for U.S. dental labs.

How is pricing handled?

CAD design runs on prepaid design credits: 50 credits at $7.00, 100 at $6.50, or 250 at $6.00 per credit (USD). A crown is 1 credit, a bilateral RPD is 3, and an All-on-X arch is 10. The lab manufactures from the files with its own equipment or supplier.

Do you work in English?

Yes. Our team is bilingual (English and Spanish), which makes preference calibration and case review straightforward for U.S. labs. Labs in Mexico can read the Spanish design page: diseño CAD dental (en español).

What about the full platform?

If you want design, refinement and the portal in one place, see the PROCAOps software and its plans. Design work can be contracted on its own or inside the platform.

Digital files only for the U.S. market

PROCA delivers CAD design to U.S. laboratories as digital files. We do not manufacture or ship physical dental products to the United States. Physical production is available in Mexico only.