Abstract: A system and method for managing data used for manufacturing dental prostheses in a system having a plurality of scanning sites and a plurality of machining sites connected to at least one central unit. The central unit receives data from at least one of the scanning sites and assigns the data received from the scanning site to one of the machining site and transmits the assigned data to the machining site. The at least one scanning site and the plurality of machining sites are geographically remote from each other and from the central unit and at least one scanning site and the plurality of manufacturing sites are connected to the central unit via a telecommunication and/or computer network.