3D printing dental aligners
The Fall of SmileDirectClub and the Shifting Tides of Dental Innovation
Once a burgeoning pioneer in telehealth orthodontics, SmileDirectClub announced its closure in December 2023. This news came as a shock to many, just three months after the company filed for…
Align Technologies Buys Cubicure for Direct 3D Printing – 3D Systems Responds
(See update at the end of this article.) Align Technologies (Nasdaq: ALGN), a dominant force in the global clear aligners market, recently revealed a definitive agreement to acquire Vienna-based Cubicure…
3D Printing Financials: 3D Systems Announces Net Loss, Weak Dental Sales and Layoffs
Shares in 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) dropped abruptly following the release of its first-quarter 2023 earnings report, which showed weaker-than-expected financial performance. In addition, the company’s revenue for the quarter…
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…
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…
LightForce Orthodontics Pulls In $50M in Funding, Will Scale 3D Printing Aligner Technology
Manufacturer of customized 3D printed bracket systems, LightForce Orthodontics, secured $50 million in a Series C funding round as it looks to scale operations and go-to-market efforts. The move will…
Implementing Additive Advantages: What Parts Should I 3D Print?
When people are developing new 3D printing applications, they often look for an advantage that additive has over conventional parts. We’re almost always more expensive than conventional manufacturing, and we’re…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 31, 2021: Prodways, Zortrax, Artec 3D, MolyWorks
We’re talking about materials, business, and awards in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. First up, Prodways has introduced a new material for the mass 3D printed production of transparent 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…
Satori Launching Professional Resin 3D Printer and Partnership Program
UK company Satori, headquartered in London, is on a mission to empower creativity, and help its clients improve efficiency and save money, with its professional 3D printers developed for use…
ArchForm’s 3D Printed Aligner Factory Set to Reduce Orthodontist Costs
Orthodontic software startup ArchForm has announced the opening of its own 3D printed aligner factory for orthodontists. At half the price of other aligner companies, ArchForm is now competing against…
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…
Formlabs Introduces New Large Format 3D Printer for Medical and Dental
In 2019, Formlabs, a 3D printing unicorn, introduced two new professional systems equipped with the company’s take on stereolithography, dubbed low force stereolithography (LFS). These were the desktop Form 3…
The Present and Future of 3D Printing and Invisible Aligners
If you look at that crooked row of teeth one morning, the thought might occur that you could really use some invisible aligners. One of the earliest killer apps in…
