Formlabs has released a new biocompatible resin for orthodontic applications, Dental LT Clear, which it first previewed back in March this year. Formlabs also released improvements to its Dental SG Resin, reducing print speeds for surgical guides by up to 50 percent. Both resins are suitable for use with Formlabs desktop stereolithography 3D printer, Form2
Dental LT Clear is a class IIa first long term biocompatible resin, with high resistance to fracture and wear. It’s a clear material that polishes to a high optical transparency. It can be used to print splints and retainers in less than 50 minutes for a single unit. Full build platforms, with up to seven splints, can be completed in under two hours.
Formlabs has also updated its PreForm software so that the Form2 3D printers can work faster with the existing Dental SG Resin, which was first introduced in April 2016. This means that full builds can be up to 20 percent faster, while single surgical guide prints can be produced in half the previous time.
Dávid Lakatos, chief product officer at Formlabs, says that the company is “growing at a pace of over 600 percent year on year” in the dental market, though this is only since last year when the company first entered this market.
Gideon Balloch, dental product lead at Formlabs, added: “Over 50,000 surgeries have been performed with a Formlabs printed surgical guide—and that’s just 10 percent of what dental users are doing with our printers. Dental LT Clear adds yet another digital workflow to a library that offers professionals more efficient, accurate, and affordable production methods, enabling faster treatments for patients with better clinical outcomes. It’s only going to continue to grow.”
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