Innovative same-day clear aligners and retainers

Leading dental professionals adopt LuxCreo’s 3DP solutions

LuxCreo engineered from scratch an end-to-end 3D-printing system to solve the problems of directly printing clear orthodontic appliances, making the use easy and efficient for dental professionals to adopt in their clinic or laboratory. With a focus on delivering outstanding direct-print aligners in just 2 hours from the patient’s scan, LuxCreo engineered one-click design and nesting software, four integrated pieces of hardware, and its proprietary and FDA-cleared 4D Aligner resin.

Now, utilizing LuxCreo’s workflow, directly 3D-printed clear aligners are providing therapies that are challenging for thermoformed trays and are being delivered to patients within the same day at reduced cost to the practice.

Dr. Bill Layman, Clearwater, Florida

Bill Layman, DMD, is not just a cutting-edge orthodontist; he is a sharp businessman with a masters’ degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School. Marrying his clinical prowess with business training, Dr. Layman looks for ways to optimize his practice’s performance through adopting the best and most efficient technologies to deliver patient-centric care.

Focusing on the efficiency, workflow, and financial benefits of LuxCreo’s iLux Pro Dental aligner system (ILPD), Dr. Layman has done detailed time and cost studies in his office on two comparative workflows: 1) thermoforming aligners on 3D-printed models versus 2) LuxCreo’s direct-print 4D Aligners. His analysis shows that LuxCreo’s innovative 4D Aligner workflow saves a doctor in labor costs, material costs, and yield costs, to the tune of nearly 20% savings to the office. As an added financial and operational benefit, the LuxCreo direct-print workflow allows for an increase of more than 40% in weekly production of aligners in the office. The increase in weekly production with the same number of labor hours is due to the reduction in labor time it takes to create the aligners/retainers.

“For any orthodontist looking for an innovative advance in technology that also has a notable office savings advantage,” Dr. Layman suggests, “get the ILPD dental workflow for your office as soon as possible.”

Dr. Neil Warshawsky, Chicago, Illinois

Neil Warshawsky, DDS, MS, has been making an impact in orthodontics for more than 30 years. In addition to his active orthodontic practice in Chicago, Dr. Warshawsky is an Associate Professor of Orthodontics at the Craniofacial Center at the University of Illinois Health Center. He regularly lectures around the globe on a variety of orthodontic topics. Dr. Warshawsky focuses on utilizing innovative and disruptive dental technologies to help achieve his goal of improving orthodontics for everyone through his work. So, when he was able to adopt and implement the LuxCreo ILPD workflow and orthodontic resins in just a month’s time, he knew LuxCreo was the kind of technology he wanted to invest in for his practice and educational goals. “LuxCreo’s purpose in life is to help me, the orthodontist.”

Dr. Warshawsky has been particularly impressed with the 4D direct-print aligner workflow LuxCreo has created. The integration of automated design software, outstanding hardware designed for orthodontic cases, and proprietary, compliant printing resins allows Dr. Warshawsky to deliver unique clear aligners to his patients in just hours — aligners that can achieve things that traditional thermoformed aligners simply could not do for his patients.

4D Aligners have a superior fit that thermoform suck-downs simply cannot achieve, which means there is better control over torque forces in moving the teeth. It also requires the orthodontist to use less attachments on the tooth surface of the patient.  That level of accurate fit, combined with the ability to design and print variable thickness trays, yields better control over movements and a better patient experience.  As Dr. Warshawsky summarizes it, “With 4D Aligners, we can accomplish the treatment plan with less trays, less attachments, less refinements, and less visits. It is a better patient experience that also helps gets the orthodontist paid faster.”

LuxCreo’s 4D Aligners and its ILux Pro Dental printing system are a win-win for dental professionals and patients.

This information was provided by LuxCreo.