When I first heard about Roland DGA Corporation producing dental milling solutions, it was like music to my ears—literally. With a renowned reputation in precision music technology, I already knew the company as a trusted manufacturer of keyboards, amplifiers, and other high-end audio-related products. I had many of their music products in my own home knew firsthand that their reputation for excellence was “the real thing.”
Some years ago, when I discovered that Roland’s sister company, Roland DGA, was providing their precision technology for dental applications, I was excited that they were bringing the innovation, quality, and reliability that I already knew so well to the dental industry, in the form of DGSHAPE open architecture clinical CAD/CAM milling solutions. The latest update to its chairside milling solution, the DWX-43W, will be sure to catch the attention of dentists who want to expand in-house treatment options.
In the dental world, Roland’s dry milling solutions are already widely recognized for their quality and value. Dental labs trust the brand because their milling solutions are dependable and durable, all while providing a seamless quality workflow for the production of cost-effective dental prosthetics. Dentists have been receiving Roland’s great restorative results from their trusted dental laboratories for years without knowing the name of the workhorse handling the milling behind the scenes.
DWX-43W in the House
Besides having a trusted lab for more complex cases, many dentists are choosing in-house milling for increased convenience and more options for their patients. With a chairside solution, practices can build their reputation for on-demand, in-house lab-quality, highly esthetic dental restorations, such as crowns, bridges, onlays, and veneers.
Recently, Roland DGA upgraded its chairside milling solution to increase dental practices’ restorative capabilities and produce lab-quality restorations. The new DWX-43W’s wet milling solution brings faster milling times for traditional ceramics and custom titanium abutments, reduces operating costs and increases ROI. The unit is designed for milling a wide variety of materials.
Time is On Your Side
With time at a premium in successful dental offices, wasting your assistants’ hours changing filters and keeping the mill in working condition is an unnecessary hassle. This unit seems to mostly take care of itself. The DWX-43W saves both time and money because it has no coolant tank filters—reducing the cost of use by 20%. Also, routine mill maintenance is reduced by 50% because of the automatic coolant jet optimization in the Coolant Optimization and Draining Cycle that automatically rinses the milling chamber with coolant every 12 hours.
Besides saving maintenance time, the new DGSHAPE CAM software, included with purchase of the DWX-43W mill, reduces milling times by up to 20% while increasing milling efficiency and predictability. With the new DGSHAPE ZTR-150D tooling, milling custom titanium abutments can be 20% faster than with the previous ZTB-150D tools.
The “quick mill” option allows clinicians to select frequently used materials and start milling quickly in both Standard and Fast Strategy modes. Up to 6 units can be milled at the same time with the included 6-pin adapter accessory.
When the office is closed, and everyone has gone home, the DWX-43W can still be at work. The clinician can feel free to check on its progress with DGSHAPE’s proprietary VPanel and DGSHAPE Cloud software that enables real-time remote monitoring of DWX devices. Whether checking in from a desktop or mobile, users can monitor the status of their DGSHAPE DWX solutions from anywhere, anytime. It keeps the work flowing on whatever schedule fits the office’s needs. Besides watching it work, the unit’s artificial intelligence (AI) remotely monitors mill performance, productivity, mill maintenance, and tool usage.
With this open-architecture ecosystem, practitioners don’t have to change their preferences or buy and learn new software. When using the DWX-43W for milling, dental practices can continue to use their favorite scanner, CAD software, and restorative materials.
Everyone likes free tools, and this unit includes 15-high-quality DGSHAPE wet milling tools and a 6-pin material adapter (#ZV-42W) accessory for expanded milling capabilities and specifically designed for wet milling of harder materials.
Besides the Mill
Roland also provides products to help clinicians get the most restorative strength and esthetics for their restorations. Materials such as Chairside Zirconia and Amber® Mill Direct, Powered by Roland DGA, can add to the lab-quality, aesthetic restorations that can be produced chairside.
Chairside Zirconia is a multi-layered, fully-sintered zirconia CAD/CAM milling block that requires minimal finishing time. It has natural translucency while maintaining optimal zirconia strength properties without requiring sintering or additional finishing time. Amber Mill Direct is a pre-crystalized lithium disilicate CAD/CAM block wet milling material with multi-gradient properties to achieve natural translucency from the cervical to incisal/occlusal regions.
For those who want to provide chairside services to patients, the DWX-43W is a reasonably priced, fast, and reliable option for producing superior same-day lab-quality restorations. Built by a company with a longstanding reputation for award-winning innovation and quality, I can tell that this upgraded production system is not just another run-of-the-mill product.
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Roland DGA DWX-43W wet milling system
DGSHAPE CAM software
DGSHAPE Cloud software
Chairside Zirconia and Amber® Mill Direct, Powered by Roland DGA
