Complete Dental Model Production Offered by Collaborative Effort

By DE Editors

3D Systems Corporation (Rock Hill, SC) announced its collaboration with 3M ESPE to offer compatibility between the 3M ESPE Lava Scan ST Design System and 3D Systems’ high-volume dental printing systems for seamless digital production of dental wax-ups.

The combination of 3M ESPE’s Lava Scanner and 3D Systems’ newly launched ProJet DP 3000 Production System and InVision DP 3D Modeler, facilitates the design and manufacture of precision wax-ups for dental professionals. Dental laboratories can rely on a design system which includes a precision optical 3D scanner and a PC-based design station. Using the system, CAD files are electronically transferred to the 3D production system to “print” wax-ups layer by layer during an additive process for a smooth surface finish. The 3D Systems’  line of high-volume DP systems is capable of manufacturing more than 100 dental units each build cycle, producing a full complement of full cast crowns,  bridges, partial frameworks and full contour units.
  
The 3D Systems’ line of DP systems, coupled with 3M ESPE’s Lava Scanner, a scanning and design system, offers dental laboratories a transformative way to design and manufacture dental wax-ups. For more information visit 3D Systems.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.