Method of generating manufacturing parameters during a dental procedure for a dental prosthesis

An in-situ dental prosthesis manufacturing system, the system comprising:

• an intra-oral scanning device;
• an extra-oral scanning device;
• a computing device in communication with both the intra-oral scanning device and the extra-oral scanning device, the computing device having a display and a processor;
• and
• a manufacturing device in communication with the computing device;
• wherein the intra-oral scanning device is configured to generate intra-oral data;
• wherein the extra-oral scanning device is configured to generate dynamic extra-oral maxillofacial data;
• wherein the processor of the computing device is configured to resolve the intra-oral data with the dynamic extra-oral maxillofacial data to generate a combined data model;
• wherein the display of the computing device is configured to display a model representation of the dental prosthesis based on the combined data model;
• wherein the processor is further configured to output manufacturing parameters based on the combined data model;
• and
• wherein the manufacturing device is configured to manufacture the dental prosthesis based on the combined data model.

An oral scanning device comprising:

• a scanner body;
• and
• a plurality of detachable scanning element selectably engagable with the scanner body,
• wherein one of the plurality of detachable scanning elements is an intra-oral scanning element, and one of the plurality of detachable scanning elements is an extra-oral scanning element.