Quick Picks: Chairside Mills

Monday, November 30, 2020

Chairside mills are becoming more common in dental practices, giving clinicians the ability to provide patients with the convenience of same-day restorations. Mills can come as part of a complete CAD/CAM system or be sold on their own. Just make sure the system you invest in can mill your preferred materials and is compatible with both your intraoral scanner and your CAD/CAM software.

Here’s a closer look at some popular chairside milling systems and what they can offer your practice:

CompanyCarestream DentalPlanmeca USA, Inc.Dentsply Sirona CAD/CAMGlidewell Laboratories
ItemCS 3100 Milling SystemPlanMill 50 SCEREC MC XIOS TS150 Chairside Mill
PriceInquireInquireInquireInquire
DescriptionThe self-contained milling system combines four-axis wet milling with CAD software to deliver accurate and durable same-day restorations. It is well The five-axis mill offers wet or dry processing. It can handle discs or blocks and is equipped with a high-speed spindle and an automatic changer for Precise and fast in both wet and dry milling modes, the CEREC MC X is designed for the production of inlays, onlays, veneers, crowns, bridges, The TS 150 in-office milling solution from IOS Technologies is an open-architecture mill designed for production of crowns from glass ceramic, resin
Milling SpeedUp to 100,000 rpmNot AvailableNot Available150,000 RPM
Milling TimeLess than an hour.Not AvailableNot Available20 minutes
Fabrication MaterialHybrid resin, ceramic and zirconia. Adapts to new materials.Zirconia, IPS e.max, glass ceramics and temporary materials.Feldspar ceramic, Glass ceramic, Lithium disilicate ceramic, Full contour zirconia, Hybrid ceramic, Polymer blocksObsidian™ Lithium Silicate Ceramic
BruxZir® Solid Zirconia
PrecisionNot AvailableNot Available+/-25 µmNot Available
Wet GrindingYesNot AvailableYesNot Available
Softwareexocad ChairsideCAD software is integrated into the CS Solutions platform.Planmeca PlanCAM™ softwareCEREC SWNot Available
WeightNot AvailableAbout 209 poundsNot AvailableNot Available
DimensionsNot Available22 in x 24 in x 26 in (566 mm x 612 mm x 665 mm)Not AvailableNot Available
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