3D printed dental applications
Formlabs Dental Academy: Free Educational Platform for 3D Printing in Dentistry
Formlabs has long been focused on dental 3D printing applications, and made things even more official by launching its Formlabs Dental unit in 2019. Today, the double unicorn announced that…
2022 Predictions: The State of Dental 3D Printing in 2022
Listed by SmarTech Analysis as “one of the most stable and fast-growing opportunities for 3D printing technologies” before the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest, dental 3D printing was expected to…
Metal 3D Printing with Cobalt Chrome Added to Desktop Health’s Dental Portfolio
Desktop Health, the recently launched healthcare business within Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM), creates, manufactures, and markets a suite of 3D printing and biofabrication solutions, but dental applications have been…
One Click Metal Partners with i-ProDens and imes-icore to Bring Metal Printing to Dental
One Click Metal is a low-cost metal printer manufacturer started by Trumpf and, now, a subsidiary of machine tool firm Index. Since the Index acquisition, the German firm has partnered…
Creating affordable custom night guards through the power of 3D printing
Night time teeth grinding, or bruxism in medical terms, affects over 50 million Americans every year. Left unprotected, teeth grinders often wake up with chipped teeth, headaches, receding gum lines,…
Nexa3D and Keystone Announce New Partnership to Advance Dentistry Through Better 3D Printing
Manufacturer of polymer production 3D printers Nexa3D, and manufacturer of biocompatible photopolymer resins Keystone Industries, announced today that they are partnering up to improve 3D printing capabilities available to dental…
Formlabs Launches New 3D Printing Resins for Dental, Engineering, and Manufacturing Applications
Less than a year after acquiring its main material supplier, professional 3D printer and materials developer Formlabs continues to introduce new materials to its vast portfolio in order to help…
3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup, October 25, 2020
I hope you’ve cleared your schedule for the week, because we’ve got a lot of webinars and virtual events to tell you about! Formlabs and ASME are both hosting summits,…
3D Predict’s AI-Driven Software to Make 3D Printed Aligners in US
Instead of metal braces, clear aligners, also known as invisible aligners, are becoming increasingly popular for straightening out pearly whites. According to NewMouth, some of the most popular brands of…
LightForce Orthodontics Raises $14M for Custom 3D Printed Braces
They’re not fun by any stretch of the imagination, but getting braces is a rite of passage for many teenagers. While this hasn’t changed for many years, neither has the…
Straumann Group 3D Printing Ceramic End-Use Dental Parts with XJet Tech
In 2017, Israeli additive manufacturing solutions provider XJet announced a new inkjet method of 3D printing ceramics, based on its existing NanoParticle Jetting (NPJ) 3D printing technology. According to a…
AMS 2020: Panels on 3D Printing Materials and Applications for Dental Industry
At our recent Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2020 in Boston, co-hosted by SmarTech Analysis, many different topics were discussed in keynotes and panels, such as binder jetting, medical 3D printing, and different…
Laser Sintered Metal Restoration in Dentistry: Research Review
Amir S. Azer and Heidar Shahin explore topics in dental restoration, detailing their findings in the recently published ‘Fit of Laser Sintered Metal Restorations: A Systematic Review.’ As 3D printing…
Arfona Announces New Dental 3D Printing Products and Services at LMT Lab Day
As SmarTech’s VP of Research Scott Dunham said at our recent Additive Manufacturing Strategies event in Boston, the healthcare portion of the AM market is truly the backbone of the…
Formlabs New Dental Unit & The Formlabs 3B: Dentistry Done Different
There is no question about it, the demand for dental services will increase as the population ages and research continues to link oral health to overall health, and for many,…
3D Printing News Briefs: November 12, 209
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re talking a little business, then moving on to some medical news. Volkswagen has achieved a major metal 3D printing milestone with HP, and…
NUS Researchers Created 3D Printed Training Models to Practice Wisdom Teeth Removal
During my senior year in high school, I completed that most loathsome of dental rituals – not braces, but having my wisdom teeth removed. My parents scheduled my oral surgery…
3D Printing News Briefs: September 2, 2019
In this edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got stories to share about a new material, a case study, and an upcoming symposium. Liqcreate has released a new 3D…
Introducing LightForce Orthodontics and Its Customized 3D Printed Bracket System
A dental resident walked into a bar full of Harvard graduate students. No, it’s not the beginning of a bad joke, but actually the genesis of venture-backed startup LightForce Orthodontics, which…
Inside 3D Printing Brazil: 3DC Med is Trying to Change Dentistry in Brazil
Today, Brazil is one of the countries with the most dentists in the world. With over 190,000 dentists (that’s 111 dentists for every 100,000 people), it’s no wonder the dental industry…
How do 3D Printed Dentures Stack up when Compared to Milled and Injection Molded Dentures?
In a new study, Korean medical researchers have been looking into the differences in quality and accuracy of several different modern ways to make dentures, with a focus on whether…
3D Printing News Briefs: March 1, 2019
On this first day in March, we’re sharing business and dental news with you. Markforged is helping businesses speed up and facilitate their 3D printing adoption with its new Additive…
3D Printing Presentations, Exhibits, Networking, and More at Additive Manufacturing Strategies in Boston
Last winter, experts in the fields of 3D printing, medicine, and dentistry gathered together to attend the first annual Additive Manufacturing Strategies Summit, titled “The Future of 3D Printing in Medicine and Dentistry.”…
How Accurate are 3D Printed Dental Models?
3D printing and scanning technologies are digitizing dentistry. Instead of the old-fashioned way of taking impressions for things like braces and retainers, which would involve subjecting a patient to biting…
