Dental lab service
Dental metal printing, designed for your case.
Send us the scan. We create the design, print the framework, and ship the completed case back to your lab.
- Standard, business days to ship
- 6days
- Rush, for $40
- 4days
- Design and resin model included
- $0design
Send a case
Upload your scan
Inside the job
Plate to polished, in three steps.
01 Printed
Off the printer
Frameworks come off the plate still standing in their lattice supports.
02 Separated
Cut free
Each framework is cut from the plate; the stubs where the supports met it are ground away next.
03 Polished
Finished and shipped
Polished, checked against the model, and shipped back to your lab with the resin model included.
What we make
Dental frameworks, not general industrial printing.
RPD frameworks
Major connector, rests, clasps and mesh retention printed as one piece: no soldering, no casting shrinkage to compensate for.
Crowns & bridges
Copings and bridge substructures in Cobalt-Chrome or Space Ti® titanium, ready for porcelain or full-contour delivery.
Implant-supported
Bars, hybrid structures and screw-retained frameworks. Send the scan with your implant library and we design to it.
Case workflow
Four clear steps from scan to shipment.
- 01
Send your scan
Upload your files at the top of this page (STL, PLY, OBJ, 3MF, STEP, IGES or a ZIP of the whole case), or ship us a physical impression. We handle the design.
- 02
Quote
We review the case the same business day and email a price with a payment link. Nothing is charged when you upload.
- 03
Production
Once the quote is paid, we produce the dental metal framework in your selected material: Cobalt-Chrome (CoCr) or Titanium (Ti). If you asked for a design review, you approve the design before anything goes into production.
- 04
Ship
Standard cases ship in 6 business days. Rush cases ship in 4 business days with a $40 rush fee.
Materials
Two alloys, and a straight answer on which one.
Space Ti® titanium (TC4)
- >900 MPa yield
- >8% elongation
- ~50% lighter than CoCr
Ti-6Al-4V is the alloy the aerospace industry runs on, at 90% titanium. Our heat-treated frameworks reach over 900 MPa yield strength with more than 8% elongation after fracture. Against cobalt-chrome it is about half the weight and more than 300 MPa stronger in yield (over 900 MPa against 600), it is biocompatible and hypoallergenic, and being non-magnetic it does not interfere with MRI.
Cobalt-Chrome (CoCr)
- 8.6 g/cm³
- 600 MPa yield
- 365 HV10
The long-standing choice for porcelain work, and stiffer than titanium where you need span. Our powder runs 8.6 g/cm³ with 600 MPa yield strength and 365 HV10 hardness, rated by the manufacturer for spans up to 16 units, nickel and beryllium-free.
Both are printed layer by layer rather than cast, so there is no investment expansion and no casting shrinkage to compensate for, which is how a printed framework reaches a fit that casting cannot match.
Precious metals (platinum and silver) are printed on request. Email lab@hizir3d.com with the case first.
Our work
Printed, finished, and shipped to your lab.
Mesh retention and finger clasps, polished
Upper and lower, polished
Palatal plate, on its supports
One plate, frameworks and copings together
What we accept
Send it however you have it.
Digital files
- Intraoral scans (STL, PLY, OBJ)
- Lab scanner exports
- exocad and 3Shape project files (as a ZIP)
- Print-ready designs (STL, 3MF)
- CAD models (STEP, IGES)
Physical impressions
- Traditional impressions
- Poured stone models
- Bite registrations
- Pick it on the form and we email shipping instructions
Turnaround & delivery
- Ships in 6 business days
- Rush in 4 business days · $40
- Nationwide shipping across the USA
- Call us to talk a case through before you send it
Questions
What labs ask before their first case.
- How do I send a case?
- Upload the scan at the top of this page, or pick “physical impression” on the same form and we will email you shipping instructions. Either way you get a reply the same business day.
- What does the price include?
- Design and the resin model are included in every price. There is no separate design fee and no charge for the model.
- Do I have to approve the design first?
- Only if you want to. The form has a button for it: choose “send the design for my approval first” and nothing goes into production until you say so. Leave it off and we go straight to production.
- Cobalt-Chrome or titanium?
- Titanium alloy weighs roughly half what cobalt-chrome does at the same volume, and it is biocompatible and corrosion-resistant, which is why patients with metal sensitivities are usually put in titanium. Cobalt-chrome is the long-standing choice for porcelain work and comes in at 8.6 g/cm³ with 600 MPa yield strength, rated by the manufacturer for spans up to 16 units. Tell us the case and we will tell you which we would use. Precious metals (platinum and silver) we print on request: email us the case first.
- How fast can I get it?
- 6 business days as standard, 4 for $40. If you need it sooner than that, call us and we will tell you honestly whether it can be done.
Further reading
Articles on metal frameworks.
- Metal frames and copings: cast it, mill it or send it to us to print it
October 22, 2026
Casting, milling and printing all produce a metal framework or coping. What each route really costs per finished unit, which work suits which route, and when sending it out to print makes sense.
- Titanium or Cobalt-Chrome for an RPD Framework: A Decision You Should Not Be Making on Price
October 22, 2026
Weight, stiffness, allergy history and adjustability separate titanium from cobalt-chrome partial frameworks. Here is how to choose per case, and why price should not be the tiebreaker.
- What a Printing Service Actually Needs From Your RPD File
October 8, 2026
Most delayed framework cases are delayed at intake, not at the printer. What to send, what to survey before you export, and what a service can and cannot fix for you.