Journal of Aligner Orthodontics, 2/2023
Schupp, Werner / Haubrich, Julia / Klingberg, Mario / Boisserée, Wolfgang / Sim, Un-seob / Kim, Hoon
Seite 113 – 127
To overcome the limitations of the conventional vacuum thermo forming manufacturing process, the method of direct 3D printing of aligners has been developed. This presents more advantages than simply avoiding a two-step process, whereby the model needs to be printed first before the aligners are thermoformed. The shape memory function of-fers new and improved biomechanical options. This article presents the new direct 3D printed aligner material from Graphy (Seoul, South Korea) and a patient example demon-strating the course of treatment with the new material.