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Dolphin Imaging & Management Solutions

Global provider of imaging and practice management software for dental specialists, owned by Patterson Dental.

Patterson Dental – Dolphin Imaging & Management Solutions

Dolphin Imaging & Management Solutions is a Chatsworth, California-based software company founded in 1988 by Dr. Marc Lemchen, a practicing orthodontist. The company was acquired by Patterson Dental on January 12, 2009, and is headquartered at 9200 Oakdale Ave, Suite 500, Chatsworth, California.

Dolphin develops 2D/3D imaging, practice management, patient education, mobile, and cloud solutions exclusively for dental specialty practices—primarily orthodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and ortho-pedo practitioners. Its products integrate with digital x-ray units, CBCT systems, telephonic solutions, and web-enabled applications, and are compatible with major operating systems including Intel-based Macintosh computers.

With more than 10,000 customers worldwide and over 30 years in the market, Dolphin is recognized as an industry leader among clinicians, academics, and residents in dental specialty care. An innovation in dental imaging, AI-assisted diagnostics, or specialty practice workflow automation would be directly relevant to Dolphin's product offerings and customer base.

Ideas that could help Dolphin Imaging & Management Solutions

AutoCeph AI: Automated Cephalometric Landmark Detection Module for Orthodontic Software
An AI model trained on a diverse, expert-annotated benchmark of 1,000 lateral cephalograms to automatically detect 29 landmarks—including dental and soft tissue markers—reducing manual annotation time and inter-expert variability in orthodontic diagnosis.
Why it helps: Dolphin Imaging is a leading orthodontic practice management and imaging software vendor; integrating an automated landmark detection module would directly upgrade their cephalometric analysis workflow and differentiate their product offering.