From Digital Scan to Finished Prosthetic
Digital 3D printing is the foundation of Masons View Dental Laboratory. We print final prosthetics directly from your digital scans — no outsourcing, no middleman, scan to delivery, all under one roof.
How it works: Scan to delivery in four steps.
Scan
Your office takes a digital impression with an intraoral scanner — iTero, 3Shape TRIOS, Cerec, Medit, or any scanner that exports STL files.
Upload
Submit scan files through DS Core, My iTero Portal, 3Shape Unite, email, or our website. We accept STL, PLY, DCM, and other standard formats.
3D Print
William designs the prosthetic digitally and 3D-prints the final product in-house. No outsourcing to a third-party mill or print farm.
Deliver
Finished prosthetics are delivered to your office — by hand across the Roanoke and New River Valleys, or shipped to offices farther out.
Why Direct-to-Print Changes Everything
Precision
Digital design eliminates the distortions that come with physical impressions and pouring stone models. The scan is the model — no generational loss.
Speed
No shipping impressions back and forth. Your scan arrives instantly, and printing starts the same day. Faster start means faster delivery.
Consistency
Digital files can be stored and reprinted. If a patient needs a replacement denture in two years, we can reproduce it from the original design file.
No Outsourcing
Many labs send digital work to external print farms. We print in-house. William designs it, prints it, finishes it, and delivers it. One technician, one lab.
Traditional vs. Digital Workflow
Traditional
- 1. Take physical impression (PVS or alginate)
- 2. Ship or deliver impression to lab
- 3. Lab pours stone model from impression
- 4. Fabricate prosthetic from stone model
- 5. Deliver finished prosthetic to office
Each step introduces potential for distortion.
Digital + 3D Printing
- 1. Scan patient with intraoral scanner
- 2. Upload scan file to Masons View
- 3. William designs and 3D-prints the prosthetic
- 4. Deliver finished prosthetic to office
Fewer steps. No physical impression to distort. No stone model.
Compatible Scanners
We accept files from any intraoral scanner that exports standard formats. If your scanner can produce an STL file, we can work with it.
Not sure if your scanner is compatible? Contact us — we'll figure it out.
What This Means for Patients
If your dentist uses a digital scanner, your denture or partial starts from a precise 3D map of your mouth — not a gooey impression that can shift or distort. That means a better fit from the start, fewer adjustments, and a faster path from your dentist’s chair to your finished prosthetic.
And because Masons View 3D-prints the final prosthetic right here in Roanoke, there’s no waiting for an outside manufacturer. Your case stays local from scan to delivery.
Ask your dentist if they offer digital scanning — and if they’d like to work with a local lab that prints directly from those scans.
Digital Try-In: Preview Before Final
Every new denture case includes a try-in stage as standard. With our digital workflow, we 3D-print a try-in prosthetic in tooth-shade resin — giving you and your patient a realistic preview of the final product before committing to the finished piece.
This replaces the traditional wax try-in with a more accurate, more durable preview that closely matches the final shade and fit. Adjustments are made before the final print, reducing remakes and chair-time.
What We Print from Digital Scans
Full Dentures
Flexible Partials
Partial Dentures
Night Guards
Custom Impression Trays
Models
Base Plates
Partial Frameworks
Crown & Bridge
Coming Soon
How to Send Digital Cases
Send your digital files through whichever platform your office already uses.
DS Core
Connect directly through Dentsply Sirona's cloud platform.
My iTero Portal
Send cases from your Align Technology iTero scanner.
3Shape Unite
Connect via 3Shape's open platform for TRIOS scanners.
Email or Website
Upload STL, PLY, or DCM files directly through our case submission form or email them to us.
Never sent a digital case before? It's easy. Call us and we'll walk you through it.
Need dentures or a dental prosthetic?
Call us and we'll help you find a dentist in your area who works with our lab. Every prosthetic is crafted locally by a Certified Dental Technician.
Call (540) 588-1602