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Which Dental Mill Cuts Which Material: Compatibility Matrix

The single most common pre-sales question we get is whether a given mill can cut titanium or glass ceramic. The answer is not a marketing claim, it is a machine configuration: dry mills handle the polymer and zirconia family, and the wet configuration is what unlocks the metal and glass-ceramic family.

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Every mill in our range cuts zirconia, PMMA, wax, PEEK and composite resin. That is the baseline, not a differentiator. What actually separates the models is whether the machine is configured for wet milling, because coolant is what makes titanium, CoCr and glass ceramic practical to machine in a dental lab.

The matrix below is generated from the current product data, so it reflects exactly what we publish for each model rather than a summary written once and forgotten.

Machine × material matrix

Read this as the material list each model is specified for. The machine column links to the full specification page, including the spindle, axis count and tool capacity that determine how fast the material can actually be removed.

ModelVật liệuCấu hình
CDM5D 5-Axis Dental Milling MachineZirconia, PMMA, Wax, PEEK, Composite resinCắt khôXem
CDM5DW 5-Axis Dental Milling MachineZirconia, PMMA, Wax, PEEK, Composite resinCắt khôXem
CDM5Z 5-Axis Dental Milling MachineZirconia, PMMA, Wax, PEEK, Composite resinCắt khôXem
CDM5Z-Pro 5-Axis Dental Milling MachineZirconia, PMMA, Wax, PEEK, Composite resinCắt khôXem
M600 5-Axis Dental Milling MachineZirconia, PMMA, Wax, PEEK, Composite resinCắt khôXem
SDM5T 5-Axis Dental Milling MachineZirconia, PMMA, Wax, PEEK, Composite resinCắt khôXem
Máy phay nha khoa mini 5 trục SDM6TZirconia, PMMA, Wax, PEEK, Composite, Gốm thủy tinh, CoCr (tùy chọn ướt)Khô + ướtXem

Why wet milling exists

Titanium, CoCr and glass ceramic all put heat into the tool and the workpiece. In dry milling that heat has nowhere to go: the tool edge softens, the material work-hardens or chips, and dimensional accuracy goes with it. A coolant circuit removes the heat at the cut, which is why these materials are machined wet.

On the SDM6T the wet configuration is a machine option, not a software setting. It adds the coolant circuit and the tooling that goes with it, which is why the dry and wet configurations are quoted separately rather than as one price.

A machine specified for dry milling cannot be converted to wet milling by changing the CAM strategy. The coolant circuit is hardware. If titanium or glass ceramic is on your roadmap, specify the wet configuration at the point of order.

What the matrix does not promise

A machine that can cut a material is not the same as a workflow that can finish it. Three things sit outside the machine column and are worth checking before you buy for a material you have not run before.

  • The tool. Every material family has its own bur geometry and coating. A machine capable of titanium with a zirconia bur in the spindle will still produce a scrapped part — the bur selection page covers the matching.
  • The CAM strategy. Feed, step-down, step-over and the toolpath order all change with the material. The machine profile we ship includes strategies for the supported materials, but the values still have to be checked against the blank supplier's data sheet.
  • The finishing step. Zirconia needs sintering, glass ceramic needs crystallization, and both change the dimensions of the milled part. Milling accuracy only becomes restoration accuracy once that step is under control.

Choosing on material, not on model number

If your lab is a zirconia and PMMA shop, a dry mill is the right purchase and paying for a coolant circuit buys you nothing. If you produce implant bars in titanium, custom abutments in CoCr, or chairside glass-ceramic restorations, the wet configuration is the requirement and everything else is secondary.

A useful way to settle it: list the materials you milled last month and the materials you expect to mill in two years. Buy for the second list, because the material mix of a dental lab changes faster than the machine does.

  1. 1
    List current materials

    Write down every material the lab processed in the last three months, with an approximate share of the workload.

  2. 2
    List the 24-month plan

    Add the materials the lab intends to bring in-house, especially titanium, CoCr or glass ceramic.

  3. 3
    Check the finishing equipment

    Zirconia needs a sintering furnace and glass ceramic needs a crystallization furnace. Confirm both exist before specifying the mill.

  4. 4
    Match the configuration

    Dry configuration for the zirconia and polymer family, wet configuration for the metal and glass-ceramic family.

Câu hỏi thường gặp

Only the SDM6T in its wet configuration lists CoCr and titanium work. The other models in the range are specified for zirconia, PMMA, wax, PEEK and composite resin. Cutting titanium requires the coolant circuit, which is a hardware option specified at the point of order.

No. Glass ceramic is brittle and sensitive to the heat and vibration of a dry cut, and it needs dedicated diamond-coated tooling. On our range it is a wet-configuration material, listed for the SDM6T with the wet option.

Yes. A milled zirconia crown is a green-state part — it is chalky, soft and oversized by the sintering shrinkage. It only becomes a restoration after the sintering cycle. The furnace is part of the workflow, not an accessory, and the cycle it runs determines the final fit and translucency.

Not in practice. Wet milling leaves the blank and the chamber wet, so most labs that run both families keep a dry mill for zirconia and polymer work and use the wet machine for metal and glass ceramic. Running zirconia wet is possible but adds a drying step before sintering.

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The single most common pre-sales question we get is whether a given mill can cut titanium or glass ceramic. The answer is not a marketing claim, it is a machine configuration: dry mills handle the polymer and zirconia family, and the wet configuration is what unlocks the metal and glass-ceramic family.

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