Sameer Puri "Do I need the inLab MC XL?"
This is a question that is constantly asked on the message boards of www.cerecdoctors.com. Many doctors want to get into the inLab system so that they can fabricate their own abutments, create bridge frameworks and really take advantage of the different features of the inLab software.
So if you have the inLab software, this means you need the inLab MC XL, right? Wrong! In reality, there is really no reason for any CEREC owner – inLab software or not – to use anything other than the regular MC XL.
With the regular MC XL, the doctor can take advantage of all of the inLab features except one: model milling. In reality, this is a laboratory need and not really indicated for the chairside doctor. Abutments, bridge frameworks, everything can be done with your regular chairside MC XL, except milling models.
If you get the inLab MC XL, you are tied into the inLab software product cycle and miss out on a lot because now you have dongle incompatibility and other issues.
Stick with the regular chairside milling unit. There is no reason for the average CEREC doctor to go with the inLab unit.
