Dental 3D Printing
New Materials from Formlabs Enable 3D Printed Medical and Dental Devices
Formlabs is serious about both the medical and dental additive manufacturing (AM) markets. In trying to push its integrated product offering into dental, it joins a very competitive market estimated…
Solidscape Releases Sub-$15,000 Wax 3D Printer: the Muse
It’s been about five years since French 3D printer manufacturer Prodways acquired Solidscape from Stratasys. Now, the wax 3D printing pioneer is making its biggest announcement since the new ownership:…
What We Know About the Dental 3D Printing Industry Will Soon Change
…The dental industry is driven to a surprising degree based on consumer behaviors and socio-economic factors. The biggest socio-economic phenomenon to happen in decades struck with the pandemic, and while…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 27, 2023: Contract, Acquisition, Movie Prop, & More
We’re discussing Sintratec’s All-Material Platform first in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to an NSF Career Award for a University of Pittsburgh research and a Phase…
Dental 3D Market Grew to $4B in 2022
SmarTech Analysis, the leading 3D printing market research firm and the sibling firm of 3DPrint.com, has released the latest iteration of one of its flagship reports, 3D Printing in Dentistry…
Glidewell & LuxCreo Partner for Chairside Dental 3D Printer Package
Glidewell, a large American dental lab, has partnered with LuxCreo, a dental 3D printer, software, and materials company, to offer a solution for in-office 3D printing. Ostensibly, LuxCreo is an…
LuxCreo Gets FDA Class II 510(k) Clearance for Direct 3D Printed Dental Aligners
Dental aligners made through thermoforming based on 3D printed inserts are one of the biggest additive manufacturing (AM) applications in the world. Pioneered by Align and now used by Smile…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 15, 2023: Hybrid Manufacturing, 3D Printed Insoles, & More
Kicking off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Eplus3D released a new hybrid manufacturing solution. In materials news, Formlabs has introduced its first flexible SLS 3D printing material. Then it’s on…
Formlabs Talks 3D Printing Automation and Materials at AMUG 2023
Formlabs is one of the primary success stories of the 3D printing startup scene from the last era. In part, this was due to the fact that the MIT spinout…
Inkjet 3D Printing Company Quantica Closes €14M Series A
Quantica, a Berlin-based additive manufacturing (AM) company specializing in multi-material applications, announced that it has closed a €14 million Series A financing round. €10 million has been guaranteed upfront, with…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 25, 2023: Software Launch, Dental Ceramics, & More
We’re starting off with software in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Desktop Metal launched its Live Suite for generative AI solutions for additive manufacturing 2.0. Then it’s on to…
3D Systems Re-enters Desktop Dental 3D Printing with NextDent LCD1 System
Given that the dental additive manufacturing (AM) sector is currently the most mature, the competition for increasingly cutting-edge tools is heating up. Firms across the segment are demonstrating these new…
Global Availability Announced for Desktop Health’s Einstein Pro XL Dental 3D Printer
Last winter, Desktop Health, the medical 3D printing division of Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), revealed the commercial launch of its high-precision Einstein dental series of 3D printers, as well as Flexcera Smile…
Structo Automates Aligner Production with Two New mSLA Dental 3D Printers
The hyper-competitive dental market is being catered to by increasingly productive and accessible 3D printing solutions—resulting in $3.1 billion in revenues in 2021, according to the Additive Manufacturing in Dentistry report…
Single-Print, Full-Color Denture 3D Printing Tech Unveiled by Stratasys
A key area of application in the dental additive manufacturing (AM) world is the 3D printing of dentures. As it stands, even with digital technologies like (AM), denture making is…
Why ‘Chemistry for Dentistry’ Is Really Revolutionary – AMS Speaker Spotlight
Do you remember when the boundaries of the term “revolutionary” was limited to historic achievements like a war of independence, the polio vaccine, or the invention of the internet. In…
How New Multi-material 3D Printing Can Transform the Dental Industry and Beyond – AMS Speaker Spotlight
Until now, additive manufacturing techniques have mainly been used to produce existing products in smaller quantities or in personalized forms. Occasionally, an additive manufacturing process can generate additional benefits, such…
Mass Customization: Proof that Complexity Isn’t Free – AMS Speaker Spotlight
Mass customization is a manufacturing paradigm where custom products are produced at large volumes that are traditionally only achievable by conventional mass production. Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, has…
DWS Addresses Dental, Consumer, and More with Novel 3D Printers and Materials – AMS Speaker Spotlight
DWS is an expanding Italian company, globally active in the design and production of professional 3D printing systems in the dental, manufacturing, jewelry, and fashion design industries. DWS’ mission is…
DSD & Formlabs Dental to Develop 3D Printing Digital Dentistry Workflow Solutions
Formlabs has long been dedicated to 3D printed dental applications, introducing new materials and dental 3D printers, and launching the Formlabs Dental unit in 2019. Along the way, the company…
$1.3M Funds 100X Speed Volumetric 3D Printing from Vitro3D
Vitro3D, a spinout of the University of Colorado at Boulder and a part of The Colorado Life Science Incubation Program, has received $1.3M in a seed funding round, which will…
Desktop Health’s SmileGuard Dental 3D Printing Resin Receives Full FDA 510(k) Clearance
Desktop Health, a business within the Desktop Metal umbrella, has recently announced that its SmileGuard light-curable biocompatible resin has received full U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. The…
How Glidewell’s Micro-CT Scanner is Advancing Additive Manufacturing Workflows
Glidewell, the largest privately owned dental lab in the U.S., is poised to commercialize its proprietary micro-CT scanner for use in other industries. The California-based company has worked diligently to…
Germany’s Rapid Shape Brings Automated 3D Printing to North Carolina
While not as well-known in the U.S., German 3D printer manufacturer Rapid Shape has a unique approach to vat photopolymerization that may actually be more advanced than most products on…
