3D PRINTED DENTAL CROWNS WHILE YOU WAIT

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdVdMBnNCkh/ A new technique developed by bioengineers at The University of Texas-Dallas slashes the time necessary to produce a custom zirconia crown from 20 to 100 hours to less than 30 minutes. Zirconia is a durable, tooth-colored ceramic widely employed for fabricating dental crowns. The new process used for creation of the zirconia crown is so-called vat photopolymerization. The time consuming portion of the process is known as thermal debinding. The researchers are able to accelerate this process by combining vacuum debinding and rapid heating of the material with porous graphite felts leading to a 40-200 fold reduction in processing time. *This exciting manufacturing advance remains in the research stage, and it must be commercialized before your dentist will be able to deliver a polished, digitally-designed and fabricated zirconia crown in 30 minutes or even the same day. Stay tuned! References on my website. #DentalInnovation #3DPrinting #DentalCrowns #Zirconia #HealthTechnology