Dental milling system
Systems and methods are provided for machining dental prostheses including, over a network, receiving data concerning a dental prosthesis, selecting a material from which to machine the dental prosthesis, and determining machining instructions for machining the dental prosthesis based on a nominal enlargement factor corresponding to the selected material. The method can also include storing the machining instructions, receiving a request from a milling machine for a dental prosthesis to be milled by the milling machine, and associating the dental prosthesis with the milling machine. The method can also include selecting a material blank comprised of the selected material, determining a material blank enlargement factor of the selected material blank, modifying the machining instructions according to a difference between the nominal enlargement factor and the material blank enlargement factor, and machining the dental prosthesis according to the modified machining instructions.
1. A method for fabricating a dental prosthesis from a material blank, comprising:
over a network, receiving data concerning a design for a dental prosthesis using a dental prosthesis database;
selecting a material from which to machine the dental prosthesis;
using a machining instructions tool to determine machining instructions for machining the dental prosthesis based on the data concerning a design for the dental prosthesis and a nominal enlargement factor corresponding to the selected material;
using a dental prosthesis selection module to associate the machining instructions with a dental prosthesis milling machine;
using a controller to select a material blank comprised of the selected material, determine a material blank enlargement factor of the selected material blank, and modify the machining instructions according to a difference between the nominal enlargement factor and the material blank enlargement factor; and
machining the dental prosthesis with the milling machine according to the modified machining instructions.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the machining instructions further comprises:
transmitting the machining instructions to the controller, which is associated with the milling machine; and
modifying the machining instructions with the controller.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the machining instructions further comprises:
modifying the machining instructions; and
transmitting the modified machining instructions to the milling machine.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the material blank enlargement factor further comprises scanning a barcode associated with the material blank, the barcode including data indicative of the material blank enlargement factor.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the machining instructions further comprises modifying a milling tool path according to the difference between the nominal enlargement factor and the material blank enlargement factor.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the material blank enlargement factor further comprises retrieving information concerning the material blank from a material blank database.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the data concerning the dental prosthesis includes color shade data; and
selecting the material blank further comprises selecting a material blank based at least in part on the color shade data.
8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method for fabricating a dental prosthesis from a material blank, the method comprising:
over a network, receiving data concerning a design for a dental prosthesis using a dental prosthesis database;
selecting a material from which to machine the dental prosthesis;
using a machining instructions tool to determine machining instructions for machining the dental prosthesis based on the data concerning a design for the dental prosthesis and a nominal enlargement factor corresponding to the selected material;
using a dental prosthesis selection module to associate the machining instructions with a dental prosthesis milling machine;
using a controller to select a material blank comprised of the selected material, determine a material blank enlargement factor of the selected material blank, and modify the machining instructions according to a difference between the nominal enlargement factor and the material blank enlargement factor; and
machining the dental prosthesis with the milling machine according to the modified machining instructions.
9. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein modifying the machining instructions further comprises:
transmitting the machining instructions to a controller associated with the milling machine; and
modifying the machining instructions with the controller.
10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein modifying the machining instructions further comprises:
modifying the machining instructions; and
transmitting the modified machining instructions to the milling machine.
11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein determining the material blank enlargement factor further comprises scanning a barcode associated with the material blank, the barcode including data indicative of the material blank enlargement factor.
12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein modifying the machining instructions further comprises modifying a milling tool path according to the difference between the nominal enlargement factor and the material blank enlargement factor.
13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein determining the material blank enlargement factor further comprises retrieving information concerning the material blank from a material blank database.
14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein:
the data concerning the dental prosthesis includes color shade data; and
selecting the material blank further comprises selecting a material blank based at least in part on the color shade data.