Scan Design Manufacture - Chairside 3D Printing & Milling
- Gorton Chen
- Feb 23
- 2 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
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, June 20, 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 practitioner and Technical Director of Osseo Group, with more than 15 years of experience across clinical, technical and commercial medical device production and production systems.
He works closely with Shining 3D as an R&D ambassador, contributing to new product releases, technical review and optimisation of unreleased production prototypes, workflow development, and software and hardware assessment. He also supports R&D with UP3D and MEYER Optoelectronic Corp.
His background spans manufacturing, dental and industrial CAD, embedded systems and automation. He is experienced in Autodesk AutoCAD, Fusion and EAGLE PCB design, applying those tools across product development, prototyping and workflow optimisation. Stuart designed the core functional modules for the iDentalLab and DentalJMS production management systems, and has worked on-site with production-scale dental laboratories on process optimisation, quality control, production auditing for throughput, productivity and redundancy, and workflow refinement, targeting an at-fault redo rate of 3% across departments.
His focus remains on throughput stability and practical, reliable digital systems that work in the real world, not just on paper.
