Hey guys, question!
Does anyone have any recommendations for an e-book or course regarding making grillz?
Can be digital or wax-up method.
I dont want to buy a course/e-book blindly.
Please let me know
Hi everyone,
I’ve been teaching myself how to make custom grillz over the past few months and I’m almost at the finish line, but I’ve hit a problem that I can’t figure out.
This is my workflow:
I take a two-step dental impression.
I pour a dental stone model.
I scan the stone model using a Revopoint POP 2.
I design the grillz in Nomad Sculpt on my iPad.
I send the STL files to a professional casting company that prints them in castable wax and casts them in silver.
**First attempt**
The finished silver grillz were too small and wouldn’t fit around my teeth.
**Second attempt**
I scaled the STL files up by 2%, 2.5% and 3%.
The new cast pieces now fit perfectly on my stone model, but they still don’t fit on my actual teeth.
The grill simply stops halfway and won’t seat completely. It isn’t a case of the grill falling off or being loose—it physically won’t go over the tooth.
At this point I’m trying to understand where the error is.
Some possibilities I’ve been thinking about:
Is my stone model somehow inaccurate?
Could the Revopoint scan be introducing dimensional errors?
Is there something wrong with my CAD workflow?
Do grillz require internal relief/cement space even though they’re removable?
Could the impression itself be slightly distorted while still producing a model that appears correct?
Has anyone experienced something similar or can point me in the right direction?
I’d really appreciate any advice because I feel like I’m very close to solving this.
Thanks!
Hi everyone,
I’ve been teaching myself how to make custom grillz over the past few months and I’m almost at the finish line, but I’ve hit a problem that I can’t figure out.
This is my workflow:
I take a two-step dental impression.
I pour a dental stone model.
I scan the stone model using a Revopoint POP 2.
I design the grillz in Nomad Sculpt on my iPad.
I send the STL files to a professional casting company that prints them in castable wax and casts them in silver.
First attempt
The finished silver grillz were too small and wouldn’t fit around my teeth.
Second attempt
I scaled the STL files up by 2%, 2.5% and 3%.
The new cast pieces now fit perfectly on my stone model, but they still don’t fit on my actual teeth.
The grill simply stops halfway and won’t seat completely. It isn’t a case of the grill falling off or being loose—it physically won’t go over the tooth.
At this point I’m trying to understand where the error is.
Some possibilities I’ve been thinking about:
Is my stone model somehow inaccurate?
Could the Revopoint scan be introducing dimensional errors?
Is there something wrong with my CAD workflow?
Do grillz require internal relief/cement space even though they’re removable?
Could the impression itself be slightly distorted while still producing a model that appears correct?
Has anyone experienced something similar or can point me in the right direction?
I’d really appreciate any advice because I feel like I’m very close to solving this.
Thanks!