Digital Services

Protea Ceramics Dental Laboratory has joined the digital revolution in dentistry

Dental technology is moving at a fast pace. Digital manufacturing and design processes are increasingly becoming favoured by clinicians and dental technicians and rightfully so; the benefits of digital workflows are well documented:

• Enhanced patient comfort from the use of intra-oral scanning, eradicating the need for conventional impression taking.
• Exceptional accuracy and precision due to the advancements in IOS and CAD/CAM and milling processes.
• Increased productivity and cost efficiency due to the exceptional precision and time efficiency that digital dental technology offers.
• Outstanding aesthetics – the inevitable outcome of the precision and accuracy gained through IOS and CAD/CAM processes.

Contact us on 01733 617341/email to send us your intraoral scans. We are also happy to discuss digital options with you from intraoral scanning to digital treatment planning.

We are delighted to offer digital services – from receiving intra-oral scans and producing 3D printed models, through to design and manufacturing processes using CAD/CAM systems. We operate the magnificent 3 Shape CAD/CAM system and can receive intra-oral scan files from all the major intra-oral scanning (IOS) systems on the market via STL format, including 3Shape Trios®, Sirona CEREC®, and iTero®.

We can also incorporate analogue impressions into the digital workflow by scanning an impression and producing a 3d printed model.

We offer a broad range of digital restoration services and treatments including:

• Digitally produced implant abutments and frameworks.
• Milled all ceramic crown and bridge work including IPS e.max® and zirconia.
• Milled metal copings for porcelain bonded to metal crowns and bridges.
• Milled full metal restorations.
• Computer assisted design (CAD) and treatment planning.

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