dental materials
3D Printing News Briefs, March 16, 2024: Partnerships, Affordable Bioprinter, & More
We’re starting with dental 3D printing news today, and then moving on to some new partnerships. Then it’s on to some interesting university research about 3D printing plant-based pharmaceuticals, but…
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…
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…
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…
Desktop Health Receives FDA Clearance for Denture 3D Printing Material
Desktop Metal’s (NYSE: DM) recently launched medical division, Desktop Health, has just earned its first major pedigree as a new business unit: FDA clearance. Desktop Health’s proprietary resin, Flexcera Base,…
Nexa3D Introduces Large-Format NXD200 3D Printer for Dental Labs
California-based Nexa3D makes ultrafast, industrial-grade polymer production 3D printers, like its NXE400, and today has announced the newest member of the family: the large-format NXD200 dental lab 3D printer. Just…
Formlabs Introduces Biocompatible Dental Resin for 3D Printing Indirect Bonding Trays
In 2019, Formlabs launched its new Dental Business Unit, which includes a dental 3D printer and many dental materials. Today, the 3D printing unicorn is launching another one: its new, biocompatible…
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…
Keystone Resins Advance in Dental 3D Printing Market via Rapid Shape
As SmarTech Analysis VP of Research Scott Dunham explained during Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2020, when you combine medical and dental applications, the healthcare portion of the AM market is worth…
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…
Dental College of Georgia: Comparing Acrylate/Methacrylate Resins
Researchers from the Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University are delving further into 3D printing resins for the dental field, detailing their findings in the recently published ‘Acrylate/Methacrylate Content Among…
Formlabs Tells Us How to Make Good Looking 3D Printed Dentures
More than 36 million Americans do not have any teeth, and 120 million people in the US are missing at least one tooth. With these numbers expected to grow in…
3D Printing News Briefs: July 2nd, 2019
We’re talking partnerships and materials in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. The Alfa Romeo F1 team and Additive Industries are strengthening their technology partnership, while Beam-IT and SLM Solutions are…
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…
EnvisionTEC’s Steady, Stealthy Rise in Orthodontics 3D Printing
As 3D printing continues to find applications in dentistry, and specifically orthodontics, one company continues to rise to the top in providing excellence in 3D printed orthodontics. EnvisionTEC, the prolific…
Carbon Announces New Dental 3D Printing Materials, Part Serialization and Auto Support Generation
Since their CLIP technology was first released, Silicon Valley-based additive manufacturing company Carbon has been one of the fastest rising stars in the 3D printing industry. Along with the debut…
The 3D Printing Race is on for 2018: Functional Materials for Orthodontic Aligners and More
After 15 years in the 3D printing business, our team at EnvisionTEC has seen a lot of trends come and go, and we’re excited about what we see on the…
FDA Approval for E-Denture Means EnvisionTEC Now Enables Dentists and Labs to 3D Print Full Denture Solutions
You may have given up on the ‘what will they be 3D printing next’ line. At this point, it seems few items or industries have been left untouched by the…
EnvisionTEC Announces 3Shape Partnership, New 3D Printing Materials, New 3D Printer at IDS 2017
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…
Formlabs Announces New Dental Resins and Dental 3D Printing Solutions Partnership with 3Shape
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…
Formlabs Introduces Dental SG, the First Biocompatible Resin for Desktop 3D Printing
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…
Vertex Dental and EnvisionTEC Release New Materials for Dental and Industrial 3D Printing
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…
EnvisionTEC Introduces the Perfactory Vida for 3D Printing in Orthodontics
The use of 3D printing has become so ubiquitous that it is nearly impossible to attend a conference or trade show where it doesn’t make an appearance in some capacity….