Orthodontist Omaha Dental Lab Tests 3D Printing Advice

[orthoomaha]

Ive been operating a small dental lab for Dr. Brown of Orthodontist Omaha Ive purchased the Form 1 printer 3 years ago and had been successfully 3d printing CAD-designed dental restorations for cire-perdue metal casting. I would like to ask for advice as I think this is the best place to ask this question. What is the best 3d printer for an orthodontist clinic? Ive been using a really outdated printer and needs advice on the current models. What about an affordable scanner that I can use for scanning patients' mouth or that can scan the impressions the orthodontist have produced? Thanks in advance.

[orthoomaha]

Would like to share. Student forgets to wear retainer, uses 3D printer to make his own braces. Too bad they dont mention the 3dprinted he used.
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/03/...is-own-braces/

[curious aardvark]

there are awesome awesome sla machines being aimed at dentists art the moment.
Had a fairly long chat with someone at the tct selling machines aimed at the orthodontist industry. Think I took pictures, the machines aren't cheap - but the recults are pretty amazing.
I'll have a look at the ipad when i;m back in the house and find out who they were :-)

They will cost more than a form :-)

But i suppose in the states, making orthodontist accessories is like printing money anyway :-)

[car3less]

We are working with dentists and used form 1+ until a few weeks ago. We are still using it but we also bought Form 2 and Dental material. And the details are much better.
Usually, in my country, the service for expensive printers is very bad.

[curious aardvark]

envisiontec ! http://envisiontec.com/dental-industry
thats the compaby. They make a whole range of machines specifically for dental work :-)