Scan Design Manufacture - Chairside 3D Printing & Milling
- Gorton Chen
- Oct 1, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Feb 9
This fast-paced, hands-on workshop is built for dentists and teams who already own, or are planning to invest in, a 3D printer and or milling machine and want a proven, low-stress way to bring manufacturing in-house. In one full day, you will learn how to take your scans all the way through to finished, patient-ready appliances and restorations using MSLA and DLP 3D printing and chairside milling.
We cover splints, mouthguards, whitening trays, onlays and inlays, and single-unit crowns and bridges, both provisional and definitive depending on material choice. The focus is practical and commercial. You will learn when to print, when to mill, how to keep costs under control, and how to achieve consistent results you can confidently deliver to patients.
Throughout the day you will follow the complete scan to design to manufacture to finish workflow. You will be working hands-on with file preparation, printer setup, CAM and nesting, bur selection and toolpaths, post-processing, crystallisation and sintering, and chairside finishing and polishing. The goal is simple. When you return to your clinic or lab, you know exactly what to do, what settings to use, and how to avoid the common traps that waste time, materials, and money.
Together we will scan models and design a splint and a crown. We will print the splints and models, and mill the crowns. We will then walk through the key theory and the real-world tips that make the difference between frustration and repeatable success, including maintenance and good daily practice. In the afternoon, you will post-process the printed parts, then crystallise, stain and glaze lithium disilicate crowns, and stain and glaze zirconia crowns.
By the end of the day, you will have completed every step of the scan, design, and manufacture workflow yourself, not just watched it on a screen. You will leave with the confidence to start producing in-house immediately, and with 8 CPD or CE credits to support your professional development.
Where and When
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
Time: 0830 – 1730H
Location: Osseo Group Training Centre, 4/10 Newton Street South, Auburn NSW 2144
CPD: 8 Credits
Our speaker Stuart is a registered dental practitioner known for his clear, analytical approach. He cuts through noise when troubleshooting and keeps solutions practical, repeatable, and grounded in real clinical and laboratory workflows.
He has worked in commercial dental laboratories as a quality controller and trainer, where he focused on streamlining processes and applying engineering thinking to remove failure points and repetitive, error-prone tasks. A fluent C developer, Stuart is also a hands-on contributor to product and software development. He works closely with Shining 3D Dental as a hardware and software development ambassador, and supports R&D with MEYER Optoelectronic Corp, regularly joining engineering meetings, visiting factories, and providing direct feedback on real-world usability, workflow optimisation, and technical refinement.
His technical background spans advanced manufacturing and CAD in Autodesk Fusion, including additive manufacturing, CNC plasma and fibre-laser cutting, TIG and laser welding. He helped design core functional modules for the iDentalLab and DentalJMS production systems, and supported one of Australia’s earliest clinical adoptions of additive manufacturing for chrome frameworks, improving precision, consistency, and digital integration.
This same technical depth shapes Osseo Group’s product strategy, training, and digital infrastructure, ensuring that systems are robust, serviceable, and suited to everyday use in clinics and laboratories.
With experience across clinical practice, manufacturing, software, and commercial deployment, Stuart’s focus is simple: make digital dentistry work in the real world. Practical workflows, reliable results, and cost-sensible solutions that perform chairside and in the lab, not just in brochures.
