3D Printing in the Dental Market

3D Printing in the dental market will reach $3.1 billion by 2020, according to a report by SmarTech. SmarTech has published three reports focusing particularly on the three industries. Those industries are: jewelry, medical and dental. Within all of them, 3D printing is about to see rapid and real, transformational growth.

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The dental industry is transforming into a fully-digital one quicker than most dentists imagined. 3D technologies are completely altering the way in which dental solutions can be approached. That is due to its ability to print a variety of complex shapes in significant volumes, using different applicable materials.

No other industry currently adopting 3D printing has the same combination of high value, high performance, and high volume parts required by the dental industry. Therefore, it makes 3D printing a near perfect fit for true disruption and game changing capability compared to existing traditional methods of production.

Dentistry is such a good fit for the main value of 3D printing. Nearly every 3D printing process and major provider can apply its technology to it in some way. Although not all do today, they may in the future. Both polymer and metallic applications exist in significant variety. Everything from surgical guides and models, casting and tools to aid in traditional techniques, to actual dental restorative components for both temporary and permanent solutions.

We asked our engineers to do something fun with this topic and the pictures below will show you the results. The Leapfrog Xeed can easily print multiple high quality teeth prints in one go.

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