Printer Reviews

Shining3D Accufab Cel

Shining3D has always been a consistent, yet less well-known player in the West with regards to the dental 3D printer market. Then out of nowhere, they announced the Shining Aoralscan Elite, which blew their brand right out into the open. While this scanner is sure to make huge waves in the intraoral scanner market, this […]

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Ackuretta SOL

The Ackuretta SOL is a household name in the medium-budget range of dental 3D printers. With a robust library of open materials and simple digital and physical workflow, it still remains one of the best bang-for-your-buck dental 3D printers out there. So what makes this unit the popular value proposition today? Figure 1: SOL, Cleani

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Sprintray Pro55s

Like it or not, Sprintray has shaken up the chairside 3D printing market like no other company. It has truly made dental 3D printing cool again and they are quite quickly becoming the Apple of the dental 3D printing industry. However, is it all shine and no substance, or does this popular unit come with

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Bambu Lab X1-Carbon

Bet you didn’t expect a review of this on a dental-specific page. When the Bambu Lab X1 was released to the world, it created shockwaves amongst the consumer-level FDM market. Here we had a relatively easy yet reliable and consistent FDM printer at a very reasonable price churning out results that came out faster and

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Asiga Max UV

I have a nickname for my Asiga Max UV – Ol’ Faithful. The Asiga brand is held in high regard, particularly in the dental lab market and they quite possibly are the Gold Standard when it comes to open dental 3d printers.  Despite its age, with the biggest library of open materials and new UltraGLOSS

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Ackuretta SOL Plus

The Ackuretta SOL is a household name in the medium-budget range of dental 3D printers. With a robust library of open materials and simple digital and physical workflow, it still remains one of the best bang-for-your-buck dental 3D printers out there. When the SOL Plus was announced, I was eager to see what they could improve on.

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Phrozen Lumii

While Phrozen remains a household name in the vast consumer 3D printing market, its dental specific (Sonic) line has created far less waves in the ocean of dental 3D printers. Their latest entry in this increasingly saturated field is the Lumii, which boasts a 2K DLP lightsource. A surprising move, when big players in the

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