dental 3d printing

Last year, overall sales of dental 3D printers skyrocketed 75% over 2015 percentages. The world’s largest dental show, International Dental Show (IDS), begins today in Cologne, Germany, and we’ve already heard…

While the majority of people may list their top fears as spiders, small spaces, or heights, many are also afraid of going to the dentist. There’s just something about essentially…

Less than a month ago, Singapore-based 3D printer manufacturer Structo 3D introduced its newest dental-specific 3D printer, the DentaForm, which came only a year after the company announced its flagship dental 3D…

There are a lot of 3D printing-specific trade shows going on pretty much all the time, but the technology has been making a strong presence even at trade shows that…

Back in 2015, Singapore-based dental 3D printing solutions provider Structo teamed up with Materialise, and the two developed a dedicated build processor to work exclusively with Structo’s line of industrial-grade 3D printers and…

The speed with which the dental industry is adopting 3D printing technology may be unrivaled in the history of 3D printing. At EnvisionTEC, where we are a top three manufacturer…

A lot of our focus lately has been on 3D Systems and the vast medical empire they’re building within the 3D printing industry. We got to tour one of their…

Taiwan-based professional-grade 3D printer and materials manufacturer Ackuretta Technologies has just announced its new Ackuray A135 3D printer, and a line of eight engineering-grade resin materials to go with it. The…

As we settle collectively into 2017, the new year is looking all the brighter in the light of the setting sun of 2016 as the last year in additive manufacturing…

Popular rumor has it that George Washington’s dentures were made out of wood. That’s actually not true, but I wish it was, because as horribly uncomfortable as wooden dentures sound,…

On this week’s “3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week,” we’ve got a whole assemblage of breaking additive manufacturing news ranging from Europe to India. To start, all European…

Something that the entire 3D printing industry is frequently guilty of is building too much hype about the future. It seems like not a day goes by without someone talking…

It’s always a bit difficult to tell what’s going on in North Korea in terms of technology. In June, the Pyongyang Machinery and Technology Exchange displayed a brochure detailing a 3D…

It often seems to happen overnight. An industry that has been somewhat quiet in terms of new 3D printing developments suddenly seems to explode, becoming the “next big thing” in 3D…

I’ve been getting a lot of mail from my dentist lately – both email and snail mail, cheerfully reminding me that it’s time for my next dental checkup. I’ve been ignoring…

When it comes to patents and intellectual property the law has traditionally been notoriously uneven and unclear about what can and cannot be patented. By design, concepts that are considered…

SmarTech Publishing is known for their detailed industry reports pertaining to the 3D printing, scanning, materials, and software markets. With an eye on the future, their researchers and analysts are…