LightForce
What It’s Like to Be the First Patient to Wear LightForce’s 3D Printed Metal Braces
This is Part II of our LightForce interview series. While Part I focused on the technology behind the company’s customized 3D printed brackets, Part II looks at what that technology…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 30, 2026: Orthodontics, Digital Implants, & More
We’re starting with business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by news about an in-house center for engineering digital implants. We’ll end with research about thermal cloaking. Read…
Is This the End of One-Size-Fits-All Braces? LightForce Thinks Every Patient Deserves a Different Bracket
For decades, braces have followed a pretty simple formula. Manufacturers make millions of identical brackets, orthodontists bond them to patients’ teeth, and then spend months making adjustments to get each…
3D Printed Metal Brackets from LightForce Orthodontics
Align has built a multi-billion-dollar business out of 3D printed thermoforming inserts that are used for silicone clear aligners that gradually align your teeth. That model has been copied by…
AMS 2025 Highlights Big Changes in 3D Printing with Pivotal Speakers and Panels
2023 was filled with excitement around the potential mergers being pursued by industry stalwart Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), leading to some of the most insightful conversations imaginable at Additive Manufacturing Strategies…
Printing Money Episode 7: Notable 3D Printing Transactions in the Last Month, and More SSYS Deal Coverage
The deals didn’t take a break over the summer, as Alex and Danny have plenty to discuss in this July episode of Printing Money. Applications increasingly take centre stage as…
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…
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…
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…
