- Unique dental materials enable the production of superior monolithic dentures, combining beautiful aesthetics with exceptional performance, yielding a market-leading denture solution
- The characteristic breaking strength ensures a long product life, satisfying a critical patient requirement
- The new denture product family dramatically expands the company’s addressable dental market, with denture demand estimated to exceed $2 billion by 2028
- Glidewell, the world’s largest dental laboratory, plans to implement 3D Systems’ new denture solution in 2024
ROCK HILL, SC, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today introduced a first-to-market solution for jetted, monolithic (one-piece) dentures that uses multiple materials to provide durable, long long-lasting, aesthetically pleasing prosthesis for the patient. This is achieved by custom compounding materials for both teeth and gums. These unique materials offer the desired combination of aesthetics, wear and stain resistance to teeth, with excellent fracture resistance (hardness and strength) to the gums. This combination results in a denture product that is superior to all other monolithic, sprayable denture solutions currently available. When these materials are used as part of 3D Systems’ complete workflow solution that includes materials, 3D printing technology, software and services, high-volume dental labs can more efficiently deliver dentures with improved performance and aesthetics, resulting in a superior experience of the patient.
3D Systems material scientists developed NextDent® Jet Denture Teeth and NextDent® Jet Denture Base — the former has a unique formulation to mimic the stiffness and aesthetics of teeth and the latter to absorb impacts. When these materials are used as part of the company’s jetted monolithic denture solution, dental laboratories are able to produce dentures with excellent performance, including high fracture resistance, a particularly important customer need. In addition, the speed of 3D Systems’ launch technology combined with monolithic denture printing accelerates overall production rates to significantly reduce time to completion resulting in rapid delivery to the prosthetic and patient.
In recent months 3D Systems has previewed this solution to select customers, including Glidewell, the world’s largest manufacturer of restorative dental devices. Stephenie Goddard, CEO, Glidewell shared, “Glidewell prides itself on being at the forefront of technology and constantly bringing innovation to the dental community. Therefore, we need to partner with solution providers who share our vision of the power of transformative innovation. As a long-time customer of 3D Systems, Glidewell continues to be impressed by the company’s leadership in digital dentistry. The possibilities presented by the new jetted denture solution are unmatched in the industry. The combination of 3D Systems’ high-speed printing technology and its unique materials offer dentures with superior durability and aesthetics. I look forward to implementing this solution later this year and the benefits it will bring not only to our business but also to our customers and their patients.”
“With each innovation in our digital dentistry portfolio, 3D Systems has been able to help our customers transform the devices they deliver and the way clinicians deliver care to patients,” said Chuck Stapleton, vice president and general manager, dentistry, 3D Systems. “As we announce our jetted denture solution today, I am proud to once again offer a truly unique offering to the market. We have combined innovation in materials and 3D printing, with software, post-processing and applications expertise in our monolithic injection molded denture solution, designed for high volume production with unmatched accuracy, repeatability and lower total cost of ownership. I look forward to seeing this solution change the trajectory of denture manufacturing, not only in the coming months but in the years to come.”
The company expects 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its solution in the second half of 2024.
The adoption of 3D printing for the production of prosthetics continues to accelerate, driven by the benefits for both manufacturers and patients. According to 360 Research Reports, the global 3D Printed Dentures market size is estimated to exceed $1 billion in 2021 and is projected to exceed $2 billion by 2028. With 3D Systems’ digital dentistry solutions including the solution for production of monolithic dentures, dental laboratories and clinics are able to produce dental devices at dramatically increased speed while reducing material waste and capital equipment costs. Patients also experience significant benefits, through a reduction in the time required to receive their prosthesis, as well as the number of required office visits.
3D Systems will showcase its new line of monolithic denture products along with the range of applications addressed by its portfolio of digital dental solutions at LMT Lab Day, February 22-24, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago (IL). Attendees are invited to visit the company’s booth (A-43, B-42, East Exhibit Hall) to learn more about how 3D Systems’ portfolio of entry-level dental 3D printers, mid-range and large-scale 3D printers platform, rapidly scalable workflows, and the growing range of NextDent validated materials can help expand labs and clinics. In addition, the company will highlight how it has validated the NextDent portfolio of materials to perform on a wide range of the industry’s most trusted 3D printers. Attendees are also invited to attend 3D Systems seminars to be held in the Comiskey Room, West Tower, Bronze Level. For more information, visit the company’s website.
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About 3D systems
More than 35 years ago, 3D Systems brought the innovation of 3D printing to the manufacturing industry. Today, as a leading additive manufacturing solutions partner, we bring innovation, performance and reliability to every interaction – enabling our customers to create products and business models like never before. Thanks to our unique offering of hardware, software, materials and services, each application-specific solution is powered by the expertise of our application engineers who work with customers to transform the way they deliver their products and services. 3D Systems’ solutions address a variety of advanced applications in the healthcare and industrial markets, including medical and dental, aerospace and defense, automotive and durable products. More information about the company is available at www.3dsystems.com.
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