CAD CAM dental means we take your digital scan, design the restoration in software, then mill or print it. Here is how that workflow runs in our lab and what it changes for your case quality. CAD CAM dental is the design and manufacturing half of the digital dental lab workflow we run. You send [...]
At Flora Dental Lab, we receive hundreds of cases monthly where the quality of the bite registration determines whether the restoration seats at first fit or returns for adjustment. The difference is not technical skill: it is systematic protocol. Dentists who understand when to use ICP versus centric relation, which material suits which case type, [...]
An intraoral scanner dental workflow lets you send us a digital impression instead of a poured model. We accept scans from 3Shape, Medit, iTero and Dexis, and this guide covers scan quality, scan bodies and file formats. This guide is written for dentists who scan and send cases to a lab. If you are moving [...]
A whitening tray is a custom thermoformed appliance that holds bleaching gel against the teeth. We fabricate scalloped or reservoir designs from your impression or scan, finished to fit and ready to dispense. This guide covers how we build a whitening tray that seals correctly: the two main designs, material and thickness, what we need [...]
A digital dental lab takes your intraoral scans, designs the restoration in CAD software, and fabricates it by milling or printing. This guide maps the full digital dentistry workflow, from scan to seated case. If you are sending cases to a digital dental lab for the first time, or moving your practice off impressions and [...]
A dental diagnostic wax up is a 3D blueprint of the planned result, built in wax or digitally on a model of the case before any irreversible work begins. Here is how we approach it at the lab. A diagnostic wax-up is where most restorative and aesthetic cases should start. It turns a treatment idea [...]
A practical guide to conventional impressions and trays. We cover PVS and polyether materials, tray selection, putty wash technique, the errors that cause remakes, and exactly what we need from a chairside impression to fabricate a fitting restoration. A conventional dental impression kit is the chairside materials and trays you use to capture a physical [...]
At Flora Dental Lab, we process hundreds of crown and veneer cases monthly from dental practices across England. The cases with the highest first-try success rates share one factor: systematic documentation. Dentists who follow a structured shade-taking protocol incorporating proper lighting, value-first selection, material-specific considerations, and standardised photography experience significantly fewer remakes. This guide presents [...]
