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Why Choose Strategy Milling?

Strategy Milling was built to fix the metal problems every lab has been fighting for decades. The track record, established since 2012, demonstrates that the Strategy Milling solution is extraordinarily effective. We are not here to be a vendor. We are here to be a partner. Your reputation depends on consistency. Ours does too. That alignment is why labs trust us. What we’re striving for at Strategy Milling is to mill all materials at the highest levels of detail and consistency. We developed a system that delivers a correct part 99.5% of the time and now employ that across all materials, from a single unit PMMA temp crown to involved implant restoration.
Over a decade of production with less than 0.5% remakes and no bridge ever milled has required cutting, soldering or welding to correct a fit issue caused by Strategy Milling. Not one.
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The Numbers Behind The Standard

The same standard. Every case.

<0.5%

EXTERNAL REMAKE RATE
Over a decade of production

20 min

AVERAGE FILE PROCESSING
From arrival to milling queue

4

ALLOY CATEGORIES
No other milling center offers all four in North America

40

ELEMENTS VERIFIED
Through ICP Analysis to Ensure Alloy Consistency
FDA Cleared
Operating in full compliance with FDA regulatory requirements
NADL Member
Proud member of the National Association of Dental Laboratories

Over a Decade. The Record Speaks.

Claims are easy to make. A track record is harder to build.
Since 2012, Strategy Milling has maintained an external remake rate below 0.5% across every alloy, every case, and every shift. Not occasionally. Consistently.
During that time, not a single bridge has required soldering or welding to correct a fit issue due to warpage. That is not a claim. It is a production record.
What that means for your lab:
  • Fewer remakes eating into your margin
  • Predictable production scheduling you can rely on
  • Improved profitability across every case
  • Confidence in every case you send out
Educating dentist customers about the advanced technology and how it eliminates soldered or welded bridges provides peace of mind in cases involving bridge frameworks. Laboratories can market this technological advancement to their customers.
When your metal is consistent, your workflow becomes predictable. And when your workflow is predictable, your lab can grow without friction.

World-Class Equipment. Industrial Precision.

Most milling centers use dental-grade equipment designed for dental applications. Adequate, but not exceptional. Strategy Milling made a different choice.

We run Röders RXD5 milling systems with RCS Automation, industrial-grade mills at 8,500 lbs. and $500,000 per system. Lights-out. 24-hour milling. Automated handling from start to finish. The same class of machine used in industries where a bad part is simply not an option.

Unlike equipment designed to be replaced every few years, our mills are built to evolve. When our newest RXD5s arrived with updated Race-Cut software, we installed the same upgrade on our original mills. Ten-year-old machines brought to current performance. Precision is engineered, not assumed.

6 Alloys. 6 Mills. 1 Model. All fit.
We milled the same three-unit PFM bridge file from six alloys across six mills with different tool sets. Every bridge fit the same model without adjustment. Try that with casting. We repeated this test three months later. All 12 bridges fit the same model without adjustment.

The Alloy Portfolio

Nowhere else on the planet will you find a manufacturer creating alloy discs in the same manner as Strategy Milling. With its proprietary manufacturing process, Strategy Milling leads North America as the only facility milling four different categories of alloys, including Noble and High Noble in Crown & Bridge and PFM Alloys. Of those alloys, Strategy is the only milling center in the world offering a milled Pd base, Type IV Ceramic alloy. It is the only North American manufacturer offering a milled, high-noble ceramic alloy.

Stop managing multiple vendors and/or carrying expensive alloy inventory.

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Your Alloy Starts Here. Not at a Supplier.

Strategy Milling manufactures its own discs in our in-house foundry, and verifies every batch with outside, independent metallurgical testing companies.
What happens in that foundry is our proprietary process. What comes out of it is verified, traceable, and consistent.
In-House Disc Manufacturing

Every alloy disc is cast in our own foundry. We control the elemental composition before your file ever arrives.

Discs are created from four different precious metal alloys in our on-site foundry.  No dental laboratory has built this process to control the elemental deviations that occur during each melt.  We did.

40-Element ICP Testing
Samples from every batch are sent to independent external metallurgical labs for Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis, a technology that scans for 40 separate elements, not just the expected ones. Identifying deviations and any potential contaminants.
Master Alloy Correction
When test results reveal deviations from spec, a custom master alloy is created to correct them in the next melt.  This is a never-ending cycle we chase, constantly minimizing alloy makeup deviations.
Full Traceability

Every restoration can be traced back to its exact elemental makeup. If a question ever arises about a case, we answer it with data.

We take these steps to improve upon the old process.  When elemental deviations occur in alloys, alloys behave differently.  This leads to inconsistency.  Strategy Milling stopped that.

What This Means for Your Lab

40-Element ICP Testing
We know of no laboratory that is configured to test alloy composition. Strategy does, keeping elemental makeup consistent, so your work stays consistent.
Reduced Labor
No die prep, waxing, spruing, investing, burnout, casting, divesting. Producing a passively fitting roundhouse no longer depends on mastering every step of the now-outdated analog process. Strategy Milling delivers the fit, consistency, and precision for you.  No chasing fit issues at the bench.  Improved workflow, improved results. Overhead-free for the laboratory.  Your team’s same amount of time generates increased revenue.
Improved Cash Flow
Printed metal parts have invitingly low-cost invoices. This is a mirage, as most often the amount of labor required multiplied by the technician’s hourly rate, only to end up with a meh fitting product, actually costs more than paying for milled, getting exactly what you designed, and not dealing with all the adjustment time and lesser fitting parts.
Predictable Workflow
When your metal is consistent, your production schedule becomes predictable. Predictable means plannable. Plannable means profitable.
Stronger Doctor Relationships
The number one reason dentists change laboratories is inconsistent work. Consistent fits from Strategy Milling protects the relationships you have spent years building.

Built by a Technician. For Technicians.

Strategy Milling was founded by Scott Mappin with a simple belief: laboratories deserve a higher standard of manufacturing. Our journey began by solving one of dentistry’s most demanding challenges—precision-milled dental alloys. In the process, we developed the systems, quality controls, and manufacturing discipline that became the foundation of our company. Today, those same standards are applied across every material and every restoration we produce. We are not defined by what we mill. We are defined by how precisely we manufacture it.
Our Story

What Others Are Saying

When Caruso Dental Lab started using Strategy Milling for gold crowns, our average seat time decreased to less than five minutes.
Matt Robbins
Caruso Dental Laboratory, Inc.
…We have been continually impressed with the quality of milled restorations. No more porosity or compromised castings. Thank you, Strategy Milling!
Steve Dearien
President, Sundance Dental Laboratory

Is Strategy Milling Right for Your Lab?

We are the ideal partner for labs that are serious about precision, consistency, and growth.
If any of the following sounds familiar, Strategy Milling was built for you.
You are casting alloy restorations
And dealing with the warpage, porosity, and remakes that casting has always produced.
Your current milling center is inconsistent
You are absorbing the remake cost, the wasted time, and the reputation damage that comes with it.
You are managing multiple vendors
Different materials, different standards, different results. One accountable partner is a better answer.
Your team is spending time on metal problems
Time troubleshooting fit issues is time not spent on work that actually grows your lab.
You have been burned before
You need a partner you can stake your reputation on, not just one that sounds good in a pitch.

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