Inside the laboratory: five floors and what happens on each
A walk through the building in Haicang, from the milling department on the first floor to the aesthetic studio on the fifth.
First floor: machining and metal
The first floor is the loudest. Precision milling machines cut zirconia, glass-ceramic and titanium, and the metal printing area produces CoCr frameworks that were cast a decade ago.
Second floor: design and printing
Designers work with the implant libraries and the scan data; the printing room produces models, guides, splints and try-ins in biocompatible resins.
Third floor: ceramic and finishing
Layering, staining, glazing and polishing. This is where a milled crown becomes a restoration that matches the adjacent tooth.
Fourth and fifth floors: training and aesthetics
The fourth floor holds the training rooms used for clinician courses; the fifth is the aesthetic studio, where shade matching, characterisation and the final photographic record are produced.