Not printing soft tissue... we are injecting it... currently, all of our digital implant work is for other labs (we support some local startups as well)
i was asked to speak at lab day about some of the new crown materials, but couldn't justify it...
opening on a dime means you no longer have the dime.
that said, i was just now asked to do some instructing/teaching small "hands on" groups, techs and practices around the country.. this is more up my alley and a regular paid gig with a number that makes me smile a little.
i was thinking of opening up my lab as a manufacturing resource for other labs as well.
So right now you're just printing casts, splints, patterns.... Temporaries?... But you haven't embarked on the "new permanent crown" stuff. How about soft tissue?
Rodin Sculpture is impressive material. it's dense, bills out as ceramic, reminds me of lava ultimate somewhat (its workability) i love the new printed materials out there. at the very least, this is a printed material that will outlast a milled acrylic frame, is easier/cheaper/more on that later... if anyone has a large case and would like a print to work with, let me know. try it out.
i worked near a military base and we cranked out lava ultimate for those shipping out.. us techs never viewed it as and we never sold it as a permanent solution. we knew better. it was beautiful material in its application, but was oversold as a permanent solution
permanent defined. life span of restoration vs life span of pt.
so me personally as a tech, my grandmother is 101. acrylic is probably permanent. RS is certainly permanent.