I have been printing with Formlabs 3D printers for almost 3 years and during that time, I have been waiting for a resin that is specific to dental model applications… that day is here! While there’s nothing wrong with the traditional resins I was using, which was typically the v2 or v3 Grey Resin, [Continue Reading]
Printing Dental Models Vertically
Recently, I have shared lot of posts regarding how I minimize printing time and maximize model production with my Formlabs 3D printer. The best part about having a laser-SLA printer like Form2, is that build platforms are really large! Most DLP printers, like EnvisionTEC Vida or Whipmix Asiga have [Continue Reading]
Moving Teeth using Open Source Software
One question I get all the time is: “Can I move teeth using CAD software?”The short answer is “absolutely!” In reality, moving objects around with CAD software is quite simple to do. It all starts with using Meshmixer software. Think of an STL file as a 3-dimensional photograph and Meshmixer as [Continue Reading]
Introducing Open Source Digital Dentistry
In this introductory blog post, we begin our digital journey!! Seemingly, dentists and laboratory technicians have been relegated to two options for getting into digital dentistry… 1) Buying the whole thing with 3Shape/Exocad/DentalWings software or 2) having to figure out things on our own with [Continue Reading]