New Collaboration Offers VITA Shades for Stratasys' Denture Solutions

VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG (VITA) and polymer 3D printing solutions company, Stratasys have announced a collaboration that will offer VITA’s certified tooth shades and prosthetic expertise within Stratasys’ TrueDent 3D printed denture solutions. This partnership provides dental laboratories with an upgraded digital color workflow and promotes higher efficiency in creating digital dental applications, according to a press release from VITA.

TrueDent is a new Class II dental resin designed for the fabrication of dental appliances and is used exclusively with the Stratasys J5 DentaJet® 3D Printer.

Combining Stratasys’ denture solution with VITA’s tooth shades and prosthetic knowledge enables more dental labs to efficiently produce a large number of personalized restorations in the same print job, according to the press release.

"We are thrilled to develop this partnership with Stratasys to bring our expertise in dental prosthetics and esthetics to the table. Leveraging their unique multi-material jetting technology and advanced software features, customers would be able to select VITA certified tooth shades and produce a large number of personalized, highly esthetic full arch restorations in the same print job," Dr Emanuel Rauter, CEO of VITA said, according to the company’s statement.

“A partnership with VITA Zahnfabrik represents an exciting opportunity to further enhance our innovative TrueDent monolithic 3D-printed denture solution,” Ronen Lebi, vice president, dental at Stratasys, added in the same statement. “With VITA’s rich experience in dental prosthetics, esthetics, and shade precision, we believe we can set new benchmarks for esthetics in digital denture production.”