3D printing takes the efficiencies of digital design to the production stage. By combining oral scanning, CAD/CAM design and 3D modeling, our 3D labs can accurately and rapidly produce crowns, bridges, stone models and a range of orthodontic appliances.

With our 3D printers doing the hard work, dental labs can eliminate the bottleneck of manual modeling and allow the business to expand and grow.

With dental fabrication, a digitized, intra-oral scan is made of a patient’s teeth, uploaded into a computer, and then e-mailed to Structured 3D, Inc. who then (3-dimensionally) prints out a 3D model. It’s an affordable and precise way to create a restorative prosthesis, and the new process means patients no longer have to endure uncomfortable, foul-tasting, and less accurate oral impressions using trays and molding materials.

The Challenge

Recently, as the price of dental laboratory work has become a major factor in treatment planning and therapy, Structured 3D realized that further automation could enable more cost-effective production of individual dental models. To stay competitive, we streamlined our business by speeding up our process without compromising our high quality standards.

The Solution

3D printing with our state-of-the-art system enables us to deliver to clients a high standard of precision in the placement of dental restorations that is difficult to achieve using traditional freehand techniques. Structured 3D can produce dental restorations with exceptionally fine detail and an outstanding surface finish – all vital elements in meeting the high standards of our team and dental clients.

The Result

Structured 3D is able to realize a complete digital workflow for fabrication of models, abutments, coping/crowns and bridges of any size or combination(s). With efficient manufacturing, Structured 3D is able to offer a greater variety of solutions to its clients.

The long list of applications for 3D printing in the medical dental industry continues to grow, and Structured 3D, Inc. is providing dental professionals 3D print precision, life-like color models of teeth and gums, for use in training, implant testing, diagnoses and other uses.

Let us 3D print your volumetric dental images.

Combining both flexible and rigid polyjet dental materials, we are capable of producing dental models with gum-like softness and color, a range of natural tooth shades, and nerve canals or other anatomy in contrasting materials. Some application examples include implant testing on stone models with a gingival mask that mimics the look and feel of real gums; models requiring gum-like materials, even mixed with rigid features; and jaw models 3D printed directly from CAD/CAM scan data with high-definition tooth, root and nerve canal anatomy rendered in contrasting materials.

Dental Surgery / Implants

Models can be fabricated that indicate anatomical features such as the lingual nerve for better viewing of the proposed surgical area for orthognathic surgery, tumor resections, or dental Implant placement. Surgical guides can be 3D printed for cutting, drilling, positioning, bending of bones and plates. Let us fabricate models for your pre-surgical plan and rehearsal.