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Ultimate Guide to Planmeca PlanMill 40 S Review
Last Updated: 7/8/2026

Ultimate Guide to Planmeca PlanMill 40 S Review.

A practical guide to Ultimate to Planmeca PlanMill 40 S Review: what to expect, key decisions, and how to choose care with confidence.

Pros and Cons, Cost, Pricing, Reviews and more.

Planmeca’s PlanMill 40 S User Manuel

CEREC MC X

Pricing

PlanMill 40 S – $29,999

Tools Required

Planmeca offers the three required pieces of equipment and software. One for scanning, software, and the mill.

Tools Required — Chairside Ylakuva

The Planmeca PlanCAD® Software

Tools Required — Plancadeasy Design Rubber4

Our open CAD software suite designed especially for dentists is the perfect tool for sophisticated 3D design and planning at the dental clinic. The software is easy and fast to use and is ideal for designing prosthetic works from a single crown to bridges.

  • The easy design of inlays, onlays, veneers, crowns, and bridges
  • Fully automated design from an anatomic tooth library
  • Design up to 16 teeth in the same session
  • Superimposed camera view for easy marking of margins
  • User-friendly tools to modify the shape and look of the design
  • Automatic saving for flexible usage
  • Only five steps from work description to milling
  • Part of Planmeca Romexis® software

Planmeca PlanScan®

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Explore Planmeca PlanScan® – the first dental unit integrated intraoral scanner for digital 3D impressions. This high-performance intraoral scanning solution can also be connected to your laptop.

  • Powder-free scanning
  • Extremely easy to use
  • Real-time, quick scanning
  • True dental unit integration
  • Autoclavable tip for perfect infection control
  • Accurate results from single indication to full arch
  • Comfortable solution
  • Open STL format
  • Windows support
  • Works with a laptop – easy to share

Questions to consider before milling that first restoration…

  • How long will it take for the equipment to pay for itself?
  • Is the equipment easy to learn?
  • Can it be implemented into my practice immediately or are 
additional investments in training and resources required?
  • Will my staff be willing and able to operate the equipment or will I need to use my time to operate it?
  • If my staff can operate it, will I need to hire another full-
 time person to manage its operation?
  • If I have to operate it, how much of my time will be spent
 each day using the equipment and how much is 
 that ultimately going to cost in chair-side production?
  • Will I get a chance to use the equipment before I buy it?
 (Will my staff get a chance to use it as well?)
  • Is my staff enthusiastic for the new equipment to be added 
to the office?
  • Will the equipment enhance the type of dentistry I want 
to do or does it dictate the type of dentistry I have to do?
  • Hypothetically, if I bought this tool and then had to give
 it up, would my dental practice’s productivity be negatively 
impacted, positively impacted, or would there be no measurable impact?

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