Milling Services
Regional Labs
Micro Mill gladly accepts designs in STL format from laboratories with their own design capabilities. Designs can be sent to orders@micromill.co.za via 3shape communicate, drop box, or We Transfer.
Orders received before 13.00 will be processed on the same day.
Transport
Postal or courier work that is delivered to us before 10:00 in the morning will be processed that day, if not bigger than 6 units. We only work with courier services as the post office is too unreliable.
Our typical turnaround time is 24 hours after collection day, but we guarantee a 3rd day delivery after collection day. This is for cases not bigger than 6 units. Any cases larger than 6 units will take 5 working days after collection. Cases such as full arches or full rehabs, whether it is singles or bridge, needs to be discussed with lab and a free of charge plastic try-ins are first to be taken to patient to ensure perfect fit and bite, midline, occlusal plane and overall aesthetics.
This whole process should ideally take between 8 and 10 working days after collection day depending on how happy the patient were and/or how many changes needs to be made to get the perfect result. Second try-in will be available in extreme cases at no charge.
Where customers would prefer to send physical models we strongly advise that they use their preferred courier service (do not use postal service as this is no longer reliable.)
Best Practice On Large Implant Supported Structures:
The customer should:
- Confirm the implant system, platform type, and the diameter of the Implant
- Means of fixation i.e. screw retained or cement-able
- Provide an accurate jaw registration in the form of a try-in or an existing denture, all references, centric, midline, lip line and vertical dimension should be checked and correct
- The patient should be satisfied with the appearance.
A mock up structure seated on implants will be milled by Micro Mill using the references provided by your jaw registration. The Dentist will use this to ensure the fit of the structure against the Implants and the jaw registration, the aesthetic parameters and patient satisfaction. The final design will be sent to you for your signed approval before Micro Mill mills the structure in Zirconia.
Processing Times
Large complicated Structures
- Large structures take between 5 – 7 working days to complete; this is dependent on the: –
- The length of time of the try-in process
- The size of the Zirconia structure determines the sintering cycle; in large cases this can be extensive
- Delivery time between Mill and customer
- Please call a member of the team for assistance with urgent cases
Simple Cases
- Processing time of small cases of six units or less is 48 hours from book in time, this ensures delivery on the third day
- Please call a member of the team for urgent cases
We only use 3Shape Dental System with 3Shape Scanners to design our work. For milling we only use Imes-Icore milling machines.