LITHOZ - 3D-Printed Lithium Disilicate Dental Restorations

Lithoz is the global market and technology leader for high-performance ceramic materials and 3D printers. As an innovative specialist for the high-precision ceramic 3D printing of complex dental and bioresorbable medical applications, Lithoz was also the first system provider worldwide to successfully develop high-end dental ceramics for 3D printing.

The material, which Lithoz jointly developed together with Ivoclar and which will be presented at IDS for the first time, is based on IPS e.max lithium disilicate powder and opens up a long-awaited path to the individual serial production of all-ceramic dental restorations. Crowns and veneers with high levels of detail and natural translucency can finally be fabricated in scalable individual series production. In a single print run, a variety of patient-specific restorations with exceptional aesthetics can be created. The USA will be the first market where the products will be available to customers after approval.

Other dental applications made possible by the precision of LCM technology and on display at IDS include a bioresorbable jawbone abutment (hydroxy apatite or tricalcium phosphate) and additively serially manufactured dental implants made of zirconia (TZP-A) or alumina-toughened zirconia (ATZ).

Thanks to its high-precision resolution and the use of precisely matched ceramics, Lithoz's stereolithography-based LCM 3D printing process enables the construction of highly complex and ultra-fine ceramic structures that were previously considered unattainable with conventional processes. The CeraFab System S65 Medical 3D printer, which was specially developed for the dental and medical sector, combines for the first time the extensive design freedom of 3D printing with the outstanding properties of ceramic materials, thus meeting the high demands of the dental sector.