Will digital dentistry use 3D printing technology?

As a new technology in manufacturing industry, 3D printing technology has been widely used in the field of oral health care. A large number of domestic enterprises are realizing the traditional transformation of the dental industry through 3D printing technology. Traditional denture processing is inseparable from the manual skills of dental technicians. This manufacturing method not only leads to high rework rate of dentures, but also reduces work efficiency and greatly reduces the comfort of patients wearing dentures. Compared with the traditional denture processing method which is highly dependent on manual operation, digital dental technology replaces a lot of manual labor with scanning, software and automatic processing equipment, which promotes the transformation and upgrading of denture processing from labor-intensive industry to scientific and technological industry.

Traditional denture processing methods rely on manual work, and the working procedures are complicated. The traditional way to make a dental mold requires 20 processes, such as bite, repair and surface treatment, and the delivery can be completed in 7 days at the earliest. With the help of 3D printing technology, the patient does not need to bite the dental model, and the doctor can print out the denture base through the 3D dental scanner to form a digital model. The dental products manufactured by 3D printing technology have high precision, small error, completely personalized customization, good fitting effect, low rework rate and no rejection reaction between materials and human body, which greatly saves manpower, financial resources, logistics and time costs.