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Model scanners, CAD software and milling equipment were once only found in the largest laboratories and milling centers. However, today they can be found in even one- to two-person laboratories. There is little doubt that technology is allowing laboratories to become more efficient, more productive and have more control and consistency in their work.

The new model room – step by step with Stratasys, Ltd.'s Eden 260V 3d Printer

01. How did CADBlu first enter the dental market?

10 Questions: CADBlu Dental

Designed specifically for dental labs, the 3Z™ LAB 3D wax printer is said to ease the transition to a total digital lab workflow by integrating with open architecture dental scanners and software while maintaining surface quality and precision. The printer features one-touch simplicity to easily produce wax-ups ready for casting and pressing with accurate marginal integrity, occlusion, contact and anatomy form. It will produce crowns, bridges and copings with exceptional margins for an optimal fit.  

New Product: 3Z LAB 3D Wax Printer

A pair of recently released market analysis reports point to the steady growth of digital technologies in use in the dental space, with a projection that the global market for 3D printing will hit $3 billion by 2018 and the dental CAD/CAM market will reach $540 million by 2016.

Market analysts predict growth in 3D printing and dental CAD/CAM

Designed to enable dental labs to manufacture fixed and removable metal frameworks, the PXS dental system laser sintering  machine gets the job done cost effectively and efficiently. Using laser sintering technology to create non-precious copings and frameworks from metal powder, the system produces high quality finished products with a very high degree of accuracy while significantly reducing build time.

Tech Brief: AMT Inc.'s PXS dental system is the latest laser sintering option

With high quality 3D printing more accessible than ever, digital model production makes a lot of sense, and Florida-based Sun Dental Labs is putting such a solution into action by combining 3D printing technology from 3D Systems with the digital scanning and design systems from 3Shape.

Sun Dental Labs links 3D Systems, 3Shape technologies for CAD/CAM model production solution

With a minimum thickness of 3 mm, the material is far from ready for use in fabricating dental restorations, but French 3D printing service Sculpteo recently added ceramics to the materials available from their production center. The 3D printed ceramic crown might still be a long way off, but this certainly seems like a step in that direction.

3D ceramic printing service launched

Giving the public a peak into the company's production process, ClearCorrect LLC, recently announced that 3D printers from Objet Ltd. are an integral part of the production of the company's clear orthodontic aligners.

ClearCorrect enlists Objet printers for 3D printed orthodontic devices

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park in Boston, Objet Ltd., produced this massive replication of the Boston Red Sox's ballpark on an Objet Connex500 multi-material 3D printer.

Objet shows off 3D printing prowess with printed Fenway Park replica

 With the ability to print highly accurate ultra-thin 16μ layers, Objet’s Eden260V™ 3D printing system helps to provide labs with the ability to rapidly manufacture stone models. The system produces models with exceptionally fine details and smooth surfaces.

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