Innovative products are the foundation of DenMat’s existence. In 1974, Dr Robert Ibsen founded DenMat when he
was unable to find adequate dental materials and products to use in his dental practice. His quest for the perfect materials, and the request of other dentists to use them, led to the founding of DenMat.
Currently, the company offers a myriad of products for the dental practice, including DenMat laboratory that offers an array of restorative solutions. They have been an early adopter of digital dentistry solutions.
To meet the high demands of their laboratory, DenMat turned to the NextDent® 5100 digital dentistry solution from 3D Systems. The team in the laboratory uses the NextDent 5100 3D printer including the range and diversity of NextDent materials for the production of orthodontic dental models, crowns and bridges, implant models for diagnostics, and impression trays.
“The NextDent 5100 is a simple and easy-to-use solution. It offers the precision and quality that we need for our applications,” said Mr Oscar Buenrostro, model shop, milling and 3D printing supervisor for DenMat. “We are using it for a wide range of applications and producing a high volume of parts running 24/7 through our lab.”
Productivity, reliability, and accuracy are critical for a high-volume lab like DenMat, and every step of the process, from uploading the file and preparing it, to printing and post-processing, needs to be as simple and streamlined as possible.
Mr Buenrostro and his team rely on 3D Sprint® – the advanced software for file preparation, editing, printing, and management from a single, intuitive interface from 3D Systems. 3D Sprint features automated part placement and support generation as well as tools to modify the geometry without going back to the CAD data.
The auto-stacking feature in 3D Sprint for high precision vertical stacked printing of orthodontic models provides advanced productivity for high-volume application.
Integrating the NextDent 5100 3D printer, NextDent Model 2.0 material and a proprietary, high precision stacked build in
3D Sprint, the one-click automated solution has helped DenMat increase its output of orthodontic models, producing up to 96
models in an eight-hour shift, including all preparation and post-processing times.
Employing this unparalleled solution results in increased productivity while reducing resource consumption which includes
materials and labour.
Speaking to his experience with the 3D Sprint workflow, Mr Buenrostro said, “Everything from the file preparation and placement is done within the software, simply clicking through the pre-filled prompted steps. The software truly does all the work, saving on labour cost.”
This article was published in Dental Asia November/December 2020 issue.