Integration for local manufacturing of dental products

A system for manufacturing a dental component in a dental clinic or laboratory, the system comprising:

• one or more manufacturing machines configured to manufacture the dental component;
• and
• a clinical computing device communicatively coupled to the one or more manufacturing machines over a computer network wherein the one or more manufacturing machines and the clinical computing device are in the dental clinic or laboratory, wherein the clinical computing device is configured to:
• design, in a design software application on the clinical computer, the dental component to be manufactured wherein the designing is performed using a machine learning algorithm and wherein the dental component is a crown, inlay, onlay, veneer, bridge, removable partial denture, full denture, occlusal splint or surgical guide;
• suggest, by the design software application, a manufacturing machine for manufacturing the dental component based on one or more of the following criteria:
• the design of the dental component, the materials available for use in each of the one or more manufacturing machines, or the precision of the one or more manufacturing machines;
• receive a status message from each of the one or more manufacturing machines indicative of a status of the one or more manufacturing machines;
• receive a selection of a manufacturing machine for a dental design completed via an application of the clinical computing device;
• display, in the application, an indication of the status messages;
• send, from the application, instructions to the selected manufacturing machine indicative of the dental design;
• receive a manufacturing status message indicative of the progress of the manufacturing of the dental component;
• and
• display, in the application, an indication of the manufacturing status message.

A method of manufacturing a dental component in a dental clinic, the method comprising:

• scanning a patient's oral cavity using an intra-oral scanner;
• sending the intra-oral scan data to from the intra-oral scanner to a clinical computing device, the intra-oral scanner communicatively coupled to the clinical computing device over a computer network;
• creating a digital three-dimensional representation of the patient's teeth using at least the intra-oral scan data;
• setting up one or more manufacturing machines for usage by a clinical computer over the computer network, wherein the one or more manufacturing machines and the clinical computing device are in the dental clinic;
• designing, in a design software application on the clinical computer, the dental component to be manufactured, wherein the designing is performed using a machine learning algorithm and wherein the dental component is a crown, inlay, onlay, veneer, bridge, removable partial denture, full denture, occlusal splint or surgical guide;
• receiving, on the clinical computer, a status message from the one or more manufacturing machines indicating a status of the one or more manufacturing machines;
• responsive to the status message, selecting a manufacturing machine for manufacturing the dental component based on one or more of the following criteria:
• the design of the dental component, the materials available for use in each of the one or more manufacturing machines, or the precision of the one or more manufacturing machines;
• sending the designed dental component from the clinical computer to the selected manufacturing machine over the computer network;
• and
• manufacturing the designed dental component on the selected manufacturing machine.