Getting Started with 3D Printing, 2nd Edition

3D printing will become a central tool in dentistry. Currently, dental crowns, surgical guides and

dental aligners all use 3D printing and the applications will continue to expand.

3D printing will become smarter with sensors and machine learning systems. Sensors and

cameras will provide real time feedback and affect the in-progress printing.

Metal 3D printing will continue to improve and quality assurance will increase, making this

material more applicable to manufacturing.

Automation of the post processing part of 3D printing will increase the profitability of each unit.

This will enable the technology to compete more with traditional manuf ...