Desktop Health’s Flexcera Resins Now Validated for Asiga 3D Printers

Desktop Health’s Flexcera family of nanoceramic resins are now validated for Asiga’s 3D printers, expanding the access to the innovative resin.

The nanoceramic resins, which are FDA 510(k) cleared for 3D printed dental prosthetics, are now validated for Asiga’s dental 3D printers including the Max UV, Max 2, Ultra, and Pro 4K models. This latest validation means Asiga can now offer the formulation of resins to the thousands of dental labs and practices that use its 3D printers in the United States, United Kingdom, European Economic Area, and Canada.

The validated resins are Flexcera Smile Ultra+, Flexcera Smile, and Flexcera Base. Flexcera Smile Ultra+ is formulated to deliver lifelike beauty and strong, long-term performance. Desktop Health’s proprietary dental resin has been growing since its 2021 launch, delivering 3D printed permanent and temporary restorations, including dentures, crowns, bridges, veneers and more, the company states.

Flexcera Smile 3D-printed denture teeth paired with Flexcera Base for denture bases surpasses the traditional gold standard denture acrylic material in both strength and esthetics, according to data on file.*

"We are extremely pleased by the exceptional performance of our Flexcera family of dental resins,” Lou Azzara, president of Desktop Health, says in a press release. “By expanding access to our world-class solutions, we're empowering dental laboratories and practices with groundbreaking innovations like Flexcera. Asiga, with its extensive high-quality customer network, takes accessibility in the industry to unprecedented heights."

The dental resins are validated for a wide range of Asiga 3D printers and Flexcera can be printed on both desktop and production models. This expansion of hardware systems makes Flexcera more widely available on other premium, high-powered 385 nm wavelength 3D printers.

“Flexcera is an undeniable leader in the dental market for 3D-printed nanoceramics, and we continue to make this popular choice available to other high-powered platforms. We are absolutely delighted to welcome Asiga customers into the Flexcera family,” adds Ric Fulop, CEO of Desktop Metal. “Asiga has one of the largest installed bases of DLP® printers in both North America and Europe, and we look forward to more customers being able to enjoy the material.”

Desktop Health works to ensure compatibility with third-party printers to deliver patients safe, personalized dental solutions. In development for nearly a year and passing a suite of ISO testing, Flexcera for Asiga ensures accuracy of prints, polymerized mechanical properties, and biocompatibility, according to the company.

This initial Flexcera family of resins validated forAsiga systems are:

• Flexcera Smile Ultra+, an FDA 510(k) cleared Class II material for permanent and temporary, 3D printable dental restorations
• Flexcera Smile, an FDA 510(k) cleared Class II material for removable 3D printable denture teeth
• Flexcera Base, an FDA 510(k) cleared Class I Imaterial for 3D printable full, removable denture bases

Flexcera for Asiga is now available for purchase in the United States, United Kingdom, European Economic Area, and Canada. Learn more about Flexcera at TeamDM.com/Flexcera. Asiga is now the second third-party hardware provider to validate Desktop Health’s Flexcera dental resins on its 3D printers, with more platforms to come, the company says

Desktop Metal offers innovative 3D printers, materials, and software designed to deliver the speed, cost, and part quality required for on-demand, digital mass production of industrial, medical, and consumer products, the manufacturer states.

*Fracture resistance defined by Flexcera Base work of fracture (J/m2) vs. published work of fracture for Lucitone® Digital Print, Lucitone® 199 and Lucitone® HIPA by Dentsply Sirona. Results on file.