Primeprint | Dental 3D Printer

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About the Primeprint 3D Printing Solution

Expand your practice or lab with 3D printing

Primeprint is a highly automated, end-to-end, medical grade 3D printing system for dentists and dental technicians who want to expand their treatment or service offerings. This smart hardware and software solution is optimized for dental applications and can run the entire printing process, including post-processing. The high level of automation helps reduce handling times, allows for delegation, and enables maximized productivity. Primeprint Solution enables the user to print biocompatible applications with reproducible and accurate results. ¹

Why choose the DS Primeprint Solution?

A medical-grade 3D printing solution

Primeprint Solution is a simplified and highly automated end-to-end 3D printing solution for the production of medical applications, enabling users to expand their treatment and service offerings. It reduces handling times and manual work, allows for full delegation, and maximizes productivity.

Designed with dental intelligence for excellence in your practice and lab

Dental Intelligence hardware and software enable the user to print biocompatible applications with reproducible and accurate results¹. The intelligent material-handling concept was developed for safe and clean usage with RFID coding throughout the manufacturing process. By using the open, collaborative platform of cloud design services, dentists can request high-quality CADs, created by expert lab technicians, as ready-to-print files for 3D printing with Primeprint.

Safe procedures and treatment outcomes

A quality process protocol supports a high level of safety based on medical device compliance and automatic case documentation for biocompatible applications. The unique Primeprint Box enables convenient and easy material handling without having direct contact with resins.

Ready-to-print files created for you by expert lab technicians

Primeprint becomes even easier to integrate into your practice by fully delegating the CAD workflow to our design service DS Core Create. The service offers you an easy access to ready-to-print designs created by expert lab technicians. With DS Core Create, you can decide whether you want to make the designs yourself or outsource the design workflow to a reliable and competent partner.

Features

RFID Tagging

Primeprint and Primeprint PPU automatically detect the material, without contact, thanks to RFID technology. The cartridge, material unit, and washing containers are equipped with RFID tags for fast handling and predictive maintenance.

DLP Light Engine

Primeprint uses digital light processing (DLP) technology, where resins are polymerized using UV light. The light projector hardens the resin layer by layer to deliver highly accurate printing results.

Intelligent Material Management

For specific indications, Primeprint uses a distinct material. The cartridges are color-coded for easy, contactless handling and intuitive operation. Primeprint also offers complete UV light protection. Thanks to the RFID tag, Primeprint automatically checks the inserted cartridge and fill level.

Active Coal Filter

The integrated active coal filter makes an external suction device redundant.

Robot Arm

Inside of the printer and the PPU, a robot arm moves the build plate to the respective process step without any manual work on your part.

Fast Printing

Primeprint quickly prints what you need for an optimized workflow.

Exact Lifetime Tracking

By using RFID tags and intelligent material management, Primeprint can predict any required maintenance.

Aluminum Build Plate

The build plate is equipped with highly reflective aluminum to ensure maximum light efficiency and to allow only low light absorption. Printed objects are securely attached to the build plate, which is securely transported with the Primeprint Box. The build platform, which is fitted with a RFID tag, allows for safe identification of the print job throughout the manufacturing process.

Primeprint Printing Material

Range of Indications and Materials

Validated materials and RFID-supported, automated material management ensure quality, process, and documentation security. All material parameters have been optimized to be process-safe for each application.

The Primeprint material concept offers user-friendly support with its color-coded cartridge system. Each print medium type is associated with a different color, which is mirrored in the CAM software for quick orientation, correct medium selection, and easily identifiable storage.

Primeprint Splint

Application:

Bite splints

Characteristics:

High initial and final strengths

Primeprint Model

Application:

Working models, situation models, control models

Characteristics:

Low viscosity
Maximum surface strength
Dimensional stability
Comfortable haptic
Free of MMA

Primeprint Model T

Application:

Duplicate models

Characteristics:

High temperature stability
Maximum edge strength
Low viscosity
Precise detail reproduction

Primeprint Guide

Application:

Surgical guide

Characteristics:

High mechanical stability and build precision
Can be sterilized
Free of MMA

Primeprint Tray

Application:

Temporary anterior and posterior tooth restorations

Characteristics:

Low viscosity
High abrasion strength
Resistant to bending and breaking
Natural dental esthetics

Primeprint Temp

Application:

Temporary anterior and posterior tooth restorations

Characteristics:

Low viscosity
High abrasion strength
Resistant to bending and breaking
Natural dental esthetics
Shades: A1, A2, A3

Primeprint Cast

Application:

Dental lab molding objects

Characteristics:

Residue-free firing
High form strength after printing
Creates a distortion-free and precise cast, including delicate designs
High-quality and precisely fitting molding results

Primeprint Workflows

Creating Nightguards with Primeprint

If you're wondering how your practice can meet your patients' nightguard needs while being more profitable, look no further! The nightguard workflow enabled by Primescan, DS Core, and Primeprint is efficient, reliable, and helps you deliver outstanding patient care. And the best part: the entire workflow from scan to print can be easily delegated to your office staff.

Step 1: Scan

Take the full arch scan in less than one minute with Primescan and carry out the protrusive bite registration with George Gauge in our Connect SW.

Step 2: Order

The scan data is automatically available on DS Core, where you can place the nightguard design order with just a few clicks. After submitting your order, an expert dental technician from our partner lab reviews the quality of the scan and confirms your order.

Step 3: Design

The expert dental technician is working on the nightguard design. You can use the chat function for simple collaboration in your language and your time zone.

Step 4: Review

Within 6 business hours you receive a design proposal for review. Once you’ve approved the design, the technician finalizes the ready-to-print file.

Step 5: Print

Download the file for immediate production and print your nightguard design file using Primeprint.

Guided implant surgery using surgical guides

The digital implant workflow, using a surgical guide, provides safe, fast, and convenient treatment for your patient. From data capturing to guided surgery, the seamless workflow provides a high degree of clinical safety. By carrying out prosthetic planning, in addition to implant planning, you can ensure that the implant is properly positioned.

Step 1: Data capturing

First, relevant data is taken using 3D imaging and digital impression with CEREC Primescan or Omnicam. Based on the digital impression, the crown (or prosthetic) can be designed in the CEREC software. This prosthetic proposal can be exported to be used in the implant planning software.

Step 2: Restorative and implant planning

The data from both the 3D imaging and the prosthetic design can be imported and matched in the implant planning software. Based on this data, the implant position can be determined to create the surgical guide.

Step 3: Surgical guide

The implant planning data can be imported into the CEREC software to adjust the initial proposal. When finalized, the data is sent to the inLab CAM software to start 3D printing with Primeprint. After printing, the surgical guide must be washed and cured in Primeprint PPU.

Step 4: Guided surgery

When the surgical guide has been finalized, the surgery can take place. The implant is positioned securely and easily in a minimally invasive procedure using the surgical guide. Before the final restoration can be placed, the implant must heal.

Creating working models with Primeprint

To support dentists with prosthetics for their patients, dental labs use working models for specific indications. With the inLab CAD and CAM software, dental technicians can easily and efficiently design and adjust print objects, which can then be printed and post-processed with Primeprint and Primeprint PPU.

Step 1: Order received

When a dentists transmits an order via DS Core or the Connect Case Center, the information, including the digital impression, is downloaded and locally processed.

Step 2: Planning

A working model is required to deliver the requested restoration for specific indications.

Step 3: Design of working model

In the inLab CAD software, the working model can be designed based on the data from the intraoral scan. From the model phase on, the design is handled via the inLab Model app, which has been specifically designed for the creation of working and solid models. When the design is completed, the model data is sent to the inLab CAM software to prepare the 3D printing. Here, several parameters can be adjusted to optimize the print.

Step 4: Printing of working model

Printing from the inLab CAM software can now begin. As soon as the printer has been prepared with the material and the Primeprint Model and Primeprint Box have been inserted, the printing process starts. After printing, the working model must be washed, dried, and cured in Primeprint PPU to be ready for medical application.

Step 5: Finalization

The working model can now be removed from the build plate. Now the dental technician can prepare the requested restoration using the working model.

DS Core Care

The peace-of-mind service and support solution for your Primeprint

DS Core Care is a new, integrated, easy-to-understand service and support solution available for Primeprint. It provides a support hotline, original manufacturer spare parts extended coverage, an online customer support portal, and preventive maintenance, to help optimize your equipment's lifespan – allowing you to spend more time focusing on your patients.

The DS Core Care service and support package provides you with confidence in your optimized Primeprint investment.

Testimonials

For us dentists, Primeprint turns 3D printing into an efficient application for everyday use, and that’s also great for my patients. The workflow is simplified end to end so I can get the best possible results.“

Mike Skramstad, DDS, USA

I am more than enthusiastic about Primeprint, as it means 3D printing on a completely new level for our dental lab. The printer speed allows me to run multiple print jobs even during the day.”

Christian Schuchmann, Dental Technician, Germany

Discover more with DS Core

Primeprint Solution is one of the first devices specifically built to integrate into the digital universe powered by DS Core. It connects many parts of the dental practice and dental lab across a vast array of procedures supported by an integrated cloud solution.

DS Core

The DS Core platform is the gateway to all DS Core services. It provides a cloud storage and patient file-sharing solution that is regulatory compliant so you can collaborate with colleagues and partners.

Work more efficiently by combining your technologies and services in a platform built to enable seamless workflows and quick and easy collaboration.

DS Core Create

With DS Core Create you get access to high-quality custom designs for your Primeprint, making 3D printing easy and convenient The designs can be requested via DS Core without having to operate a design software.

DS Core Care

DS Core Care is a new, integrated, easy-to-use service and support solution available for Primeprint. It provides customer service and original spare part warranty from trusted manufacturers.

A customer support portal and maintenance kit for preventative maintenance help optimize your equipment's lifetime, allowing you to spend more time treating your patients.

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^{1. Reich S, Berndt S, Kühne C, Herstell H. Accuracy of 3D-Printed Occlusal Devices of Different Volumes Using a Digital Light Processing Printer. Applied Sciences. 2022. Primeprint and Primeprint PPU provide outstanding user comfort, time-saving processes as well as delegation options for practices and labs right from the start for all applications and indications, without the need of prior 3D printing experience.}

^{DS Core is not a medical device software. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. Use only for information, education or sharing purposes.}