Strategy Milling® Offers Milled Gold Restorations

Strategy Milling is the first milling center in the U.S. to mill full contour gold crowns and bridges. Laboratory customers design the restorations and submit .stl files that are then milled from virtually porosity-free gold alloy pucks. Two alloy formulas are available: 50% Au and 2% Au. Customers pay a milling fee, shipping and only for the alloy used in the final restoration. All cases are shipped to the customer within 24 hours of the file being sent and require minimal despruing, finishing and polishing.

Because of its connection to Atlantic Precious Metal Refining (APMR), Strategy Milling has the unique ability to overcome a major shortcoming of milling technology: material waste. The unused milled gold gets recycled back into gold blocks that are tested to ensure the alloy maintains its integrity.

"We believe that no posterior restoration compares to a noble or high noble gold restoration," says Scott Mappin, Vice President of Operations at Strategy Milling. "After...