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Published in Dubai
www.dental-tribune.me
March-April 2022 | No. 2, Vol. 12
Formlabs Dental and Medit partner to
streamline chairside 3D printing
The combination of industry-leading technology will reduce hurdles
to digital dentistry adoption.
By Formlabs Dental
Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, has announced its partnership
with Medit, a global provider of dental 3D scanners, to make chairside 3D
printing accessible and approachable to all dental practices. Now, Medit
Link users can download Formlabs’
PreForm app, a software integration
that helps to prepare dental CAD
designs for quick and convenient
printing on Formlabs printers, directly from Medit Link. In combining
their powerful and intuitive technology, Formlabs and Medit will enable
clinicians to easily 3D print dental
components with greater speed and
efficiency through a simplified inoffice workflow.
Formlabs Chief Product Officer
Dávid Lakatos said: “Formlabs Dental is expanding access to 3D printing, and doing so requires partnering
with industry leaders like Medit to
address barriers to adoption in the
dental industry. Together, we’ve created a complete chairside workflow
that addresses these barriers to make
the technology more accessible, with
the ultimate goal of unlocking the
benefits of dental 3D printing for
both providers and patients.”
With Medit intraoral scanners, dental professionals can scan a patient’s
teeth, and then simply and easily
convert scans into 3D printed models and appliances with a Formlabs
Form 3B+ printer. This partnership
builds on the success of Formlabs
Dental, which has supported digital
dentistry adoption with validated
workflows, its biocompatible portfolio including resins such as Permanent Crown and Temporary CB,
and Formlabs’ PreForm software.
Dental professionals can utilize this
new workflow with Medit’s industryleading i500 and i700 intraoral scanners to add 3D printing in a reliable,
easy-to-integrate way to their workflows, without extensive training
and costs.
“The integration of Formlabs and
Medit combines best-in-class 3D
printers with the industry’s fastest
intraoral scanner. This will inevitably
bring about great synergy, resulting
in easier access to a complete chairside solution,” said Medit Chief Strategy Officer Inhaeng Cho.
For further information, please contact:
Formlabs Dental
35 Medford St. Suite 201
Somerville, MA,MA 02143
United States
+Tel: 1 617 702 8476
3D printing: Study examines dentists’ user
experiences and spending
By Jeremy Booth, Dental Tribune
International
BUDAPEST, Hungary: The use of additive manufacturing in dentistry is
widespread in dental markets; however, there is a lack of information
about the practical aspects of how
dental specialists are using 3D printing and the amount they are spending on it. A study led by researchers
at Semmelweis University in Budapest sought to establish the facts
about 3D printing in dentistry in order to characterise its use.
According to the study, additive
manufacturing
experienced
a
price revolution around 2010. The
technology had already existed for
nearly two decades, but lower prices
brought 3D printing within reach of
consumers and professional groups,
and dentists and dental laboratories
were some of the core investors in
early compact 3D-printing solutions.
More than a decade later, 3D printing
is being used in every field of dentistry, including in prosthodontics, orthodontics, implantology and maxil-
lofacial surgery. The authors stated,
however, that “little knowledge has
been collected from the specialists
in this technology’s physical usage”.
The researchers therefore investigated key aspects of use, such as the
types of 3D printers and software
being used, the number of units on
hand in dental settings, and the accessibility and cost of the technology
for dental professionals.
They found that respondents mostly
used their 3D printers to create models for designing prosthetics. The
second most common use was in
the area of orthodontics, followed by
the creation of sectional cast models,
surgical guides, castable waxes and
splints. At the lower end of the usage
spectrum, dental professionals used
the technology to create restorations
such as dental bridges, crowns, inlays
and permanent restorations.
their printing device at least every
two days, and 92.5% used it at least
once per week. More than onequarter (25.8%) of respondents used
more than 20 l of additive printing material every year, and 55.0%
said that they had spent US$5,000
(AED20,200) or less on their printing
device.
The majority (63.3%) of respondents
said that 3D-printed models were
more accurate than those made using cast model techniques. Most
respondents (72.5%) said they used
The most common 3D printers
owned by the respondents were
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those made by Formlabs, NextDent
and Asiga, and the top three criteria
that respondents looked for when
choosing a 3D printer were accuracy,
price and recommendations. When
it came to satisfaction with the potential of their 3D printer, respondents were most satisfied with devices
made by Asiga and NextDent. On the
topic of price and material, devices
made by Anycubic scored the highest. When it came to speed, users of
NextDent devices were the most satisfied. Only three respondents said
that they were dissatisfied with their
device.
One of the surprise findings of the
research was that only 51.7% of respondents had received training on
how to use their 3D printer from
the device manufacturer, and it was
© Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock
For CAD processes, the most commonly used software was made by
exocad, followed by those made
by Meshmixer and 3Shape. The respondents used intra-oral scanners
almost as often as they used their 3Dprinting devices, and the two technologies were often used together.
Among the intra-oral scanners used
by the sample group, those made
by 3Shape were the most preferred,
followed by those made by Medit,
Dentsply Sirona, Align Technology
and Planmeca.
ence can be created together, as the
patient can follow the whole treatment via digital dental tools.”
Researchers have found that most dental professionals use their 3D-printing device at least every two days and the vast majority use
it at least once per week.
highlighted that most respondents
had not been able to familiarise
themselves with 3D printing during
their dental education. Regarding
becoming adept with the technology, the researchers noted that social
media was a significant source of
information, problem-solving and
networking opportunities related to
3D printing in dentistry. They wrote:
“Social media is essential. It is cur-
rently having a significant impact
on the healthcare industry, and it
is also an excellent tool for helping
specialists exchange experience and
knowledge. In addition, if one needs
help, it seems to be a faster method
for receiving it than the official support system.”
It was found that newly graduated
dentists and younger dentists were
faced with fewer technical obstacles when adopting the technology.
The researchers wrote: “They learn
the critical steps of digital dental
treatment during their education,
including digital impression taking,
intra-oral scanning, and additive
manufacturing. This new generation
of dentists has enormous potential to develop digital dentistry. The
working process and patient experi-
The study identified environmental
factors related to additive manufacturing as a concern within the dental
community. They said that there
was a lack of studies that investigated the full ecological footprint of
digital dental workflows, including
the complete life cycle of additive
manufacturing processes, in comparison with more traditional dental
technologies.
The findings were based on an online
survey that was conducted between
1 January 2020 and 1 January 2021
and completed by 120 dental professionals from 20 countries. This sample was comprised of 68 dentists, 29
dental technicians and 23 CAD/CAM
specialists who were mainly based in
Hungary (23.7%), the US (18.4%) and
the UK (7.9%). Most of the respondents owned one 3D printer and the
study participants, on average, had
more than three and a half years of
experience using the technology.
The study, titled “User experience
and sustainability of 3D printing in
dentistry”, was published online on
9 February 2022 in the International
Journal of Environmental Research
and Public Health.
3Shape Unite—the platform connecting
the digital dots in dental clinics
LONDON, UK: In October 2021,
3Shape launched 3Shape Unite. The
new open platform brings worldleading dental companies, solutions
and laboratories together and will
allow dental professionals to manage all their cases seamlessly and efficiently.
During the launch event, Dr Rune
Fisker, senior vice president for product strategy at 3Shape, introduced
the new platform, describing it as
the greatest effort and investment
in the company’s history. More
than 100 people have been working on this project for the past three
years. He explained that 3Shape had
recognised that the main problem
with digitised dentistry was that,
although a wide range of tools were
available, these remained rather
isolated in use. 3Shape Unite aims
to provide an unprecedented connection of digital tools, offering users freedom of choice, unrestricted
access to their preferred products
and the flexibility to easily switch between different brands’ and manufacturers’ solutions.
On the new platform, 3Shape CEO
Jakob Just-Bomholt said: “3Shape
Unite is a tremendous launch for
3Shape! It brings to life our historic
vision of giving dentists freedom
and open options. It is digital dentistry united under one platform.
From labs and treatment solution
partners to managing patient care,
3Shape Unite creates workflows that
just flow.”
Leading the way for the future of
the dental clinic
Aiming at making digital dentistry
more straightforward and accessible, 3Shape opted for an app-based
approach in the development of
Unite—very similar to modern
smartphones. Fully integrated with
the awardwinning TRIOS intra-oral
scanner, the Unite platform and
apps deliver an intuitive user interface, including a simplified laboratory order form with built-in chat
and bestin-class workflow between
the dental practice and over 1,000
laboratories; integrations with more
than 50 clear aligner providers and
patient management systems as the
key cornerstone of Unite; and easy
access to patient data and images.
“3Shape Unite is going to be the go-to
dental platform, enabling treatment
planning and execution in just a few
clicks,” Just-Bomholt added. In fact,
Unite provides the interface for the
entire treatment—from the initial
scan to completion. With absolute
integration between TRIOS and all
partner apps, there is no need to
switch platforms or to save or transfer files during the workflow. Included free of charge with every TRIOS,
the Unite platform gives practitioners the freedom to effortlessly manage and expand their digital dentistry offering via an ever-growing
built-in app library, Unite Store.
For dental laboratories, 3Shape Unite
provides a platform and directory
for them to become more visible to
dental practices, market their services with a profile they create and take
advantage of an optimised order
workflow with practices.
© 3Shape
By Claudia Duschek, Dental Tribune
International
In order to provide a truly open and
united platform, 3Shape has joined
forces with some of the leading companies in the dental industry: Henry
Schein, Ivoclar and the Straumann
Group. The partnership enables
3Shape Unite users to directly access
optimised, integrated digital solutions from these founding partners.
Guillaume Daniellot, CEO of the
Straumann Group, said that the
rationale behind the company’s
involvement in this project is to
provide “frictionless access to Strau-
mann solutions and services—be it
our ClearCorrect clear aligner treatment, implant surgical planning or
an overall Smile in a Box treatment,
or any other prosthetic solution
from the Straumann Group”.
Diego Gabathuler, CEO of Ivoclar,
which has collaborated with 3Shape
for ten years already, added that
“the fit with Unite is perfect, as we
can integrate our smart systems and
workflows in a new platform where
customers can access everything in
one place”.
Global launch in 2021
The platform has been available
globally since mid-December 2021,
Fisker announced.
Dental professionals can access the
3Shape Unite platform from their
PCs and TRIOS MOVE via a software
update that requires no additional
hardware. In the long run, Unite will
replace other 3Shape platforms, such
as 3Shape Communicate and Dental
Desktop.
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