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Long-term, Provisional, 3D Printed Restorations as Part of a Complex Treatment Plan

Dentistry Today

Utilization of 3D printing allows the fabrication of provisional restorations during the same appointment as prep and design, yielding same-day aesthetic provisionals without needing to wait for fabrication by an outside lab. Galway (exocad) software to be printed on the SprintRay Pro55 S printer in OnX resin (Figure 10).

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Align Technology Receives US FDA 510(k) Clearance for the Invisalign Palatal Expander System

Dentistry Today

(“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN), a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign System of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners, and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, announced that the U.S.

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A Simplified, Completely Digital Workflow for Full-Arch Temporary Restorations

Dentistry Today

Continuing development in additive manufacturing (3D printing) has resulted in predictably accurate prints. The resins used in contemporary 3D printing have been shown to have physical properties similar to milled polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) 2 and can now be printed on “desktop” printers.

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Three-Dimensional Treatment Letter: Modernizing Communication

Dentistry Today

The ability of the restorative dentist to scan new patients allows orthodontists to use those scans with sophisticated software to digitally move the teeth to the best possible occlusion within the biological bounds according to the orthodontist’s training and experience. The printed VTO.

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Align Technology Shares Highlights from the 2023 Invisalign GP Summit

Dentistry Today

(“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN), a leading global medical device company, designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign System of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners, and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry.

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A comparison of virtually mounted dental casts from traditional facebow records, average values, and 3D facial scans

Dental News and Technology

Purpose The purpose of this pilot clinical study was to determine differences in measurements among casts mounted virtually by using the average values of the Bonwill triangle and the Balkwill angle, casts mounted by using facebow records, and casts mounted from 3D facial scans.

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Living the Digital Dream with 3D Printing

Off the Cusp

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog Read Time: 5 Minute, 21 Second It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago 3D printers were a luxury afforded only by dental labs and high-end practices. Today, advances in 3D printing technology and materials have made the modality more accessible to general practitioners.