inLab MC X5 now mills custom-made titanium abutments in your own lab

Dentsply Sirona CAD/CAM is extending the range of applications of its inLab MC X5 5-axis milling unit with the production of custom-made one-piece titanium abutments with prefabricated connection geometries now possible.

With the latest inLab software update 16.0 from Dentsply Sirona, inLab users can now design and mill custom-made one-piece titanium abutments in their own labs. With the 5-axis milling unit inLab MC X5, for the first time it is not only possible to manufacture restorations from inLab design data but also take design data from other CAD software via the open inLab CAM interface. The one-piece abutments are machined from PreFace® abutment blanks from Medentika with prefabricated connection geometries.

Advantages for the dental lab

Although hybrid ceramic abutments on TiBases are already available and create optimum aesthetic results, only one-piece titanium solutions are indicated in certain clinical cases due, for example, to a lack of space. The custom-made one-piece titanium abutment is the perfect solution in such cases, without requiring an additional jointing step.

Moreover, in parallel to the milling process, the computer designed implant abutment can be placed virtually with the inLab CAD software so that further prosthetic treatment can be planned. This means that complete control of the production process remains in the lab.

Preform starter kit for inLab MC X5

The prerequisite for the milling of titanium preforms is the new inLab MC X5 starter kit for Medentika PreFace abutments from Dentsply Sirona CAD/CAM. This comprehensive kit contains a preform holder that has been specially developed for inLab MC X5, new inLab MC X5 titanium milling tools, a special cooling lubricant additive (DentaLub), separate container tank and other accessories. PreFace titanium abutment blanks can be exclusively ordered from Medentika.