For Entrepreneurs

Start or Grow Your Own Clear Aligner Brand

The clear aligner market is one of the fastest-growing categories in dental — and you don't need to build a lab, hire clinicians, or buy manufacturing equipment to get in. AlignerHub handles the clinical and production side so you can focus on building the brand.

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100,000+ patient cases delivered ISO-13485 certified manufacturing FDA-approved materials Serving entrepreneurs since 2014
Three Ways to Get Started

Choose the Business Model That Fits You

Your decision should come down to your clinical expertise and the investment you're willing to make — we support all three.

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Supply Dental Labs

Become a supplier to dental labs looking to offer aligners without building their own manufacturing relationship or clinical planning team.

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Optimize for a Larger Operation

Already running an aligner business or DSO? Use us to optimize treatment planning and manufacturing costs and turnaround at scale.

The Market

A Fast-Growing, Still-Early Market

$2.6B
Current market value
$15.8B
Projected value by 2028
27%+
Projected annual growth (CAGR)
Source: Grand View Research

The clear aligner market has seen significant growth in recent years, driven by increasing demand for aesthetic solutions to malocclusion — a trend expected to accelerate further with advancements in AI, machine learning, cloud-based treatment tools, and telehealth.

The industry has historically provided a healthy return on investment for operators, with many successful businesses built on outsourcing manufacturing and treatment planning expertise rather than building it in-house — increasing profitability while reducing capital risk.

What's Included

Everything You Need, Regardless of Size or Focus

Software solutions

Treatment planning

Clinical expertise

Aligner manufacturing

Packaging & shipping

Logistics support

Pricing Your Offering

How to Think About Pricing

Know Your Market First

Before setting your pricing strategy, understand the aligner offerings already available in your market — including B2C, B2B, and DSO brands — so you can position accordingly.

Use the Scalability Advantage

Clear aligner treatment typically requires less chair time than braces, letting practices treat more patients in the same amount of time. If aligners aren't yet prevalent in your market, pricing 20–40% above fixed-appliance offerings is a reasonable starting point.

Why Outsource

What Dental Outsourcing Actually Gets You

Scale Faster

Skip the time it takes to build clinical and manufacturing capability in-house, and start taking cases sooner.

Lower Capital Risk

Avoid the upfront investment in scanners, printers, software licenses, and manufacturing equipment.

Access Existing Expertise

Rely on a partner who's already built the clinical and production workflows, rather than developing them from scratch.

10+ yrs clinical experience per planner ISO-13485 & CE certified manufacturing 3–5 day treatment plan turnaround Shipped to 7 countries
Common Questions

Before You Start

How do I start a clear aligner business?

There are several paths depending on your clinical expertise and the investment you're willing to make — a direct-to-consumer brand, supplying dental labs, or optimizing an existing operation. We support all three with software, treatment planning, manufacturing, and logistics.

What is dental outsourcing?

Outsourcing key aspects of your aligner operations — like treatment planning or manufacturing — to a third party, so you can scale faster and reduce the capital and operational costs of building that capability yourself.

Which case complexity can I offer?

A full range, from simple crowding to Class II malocclusions and beyond, with treatment protocols and materials continuously refined for effectiveness.

What's the expected turnaround time?

Treatment plans are typically delivered within 3–5 days of receiving full patient records.

Ready to Build Your Aligner Brand?

Your first treatment plan and first set of aligners are free — see the quality and experience behind AlignerHub before you commit to anything.

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