Sirona Objet

BENSHEIM, Germany, and REHOVOT, Israel--Sirona, a dental technology leader, has announced a collaboration with Objet. Sirona has approved Objet's 3-D printing systems for the manufacture of custom-printed dental models. The approval is a milestone in Objet and Sirona’s long term relationship. Sirona’s worldwide reseller partners and their dental lab customers will now be able to benefit from Objet’s ultra-thin layer, high-resolution 3-D printing systems."Sirona offers maximum flexibility to its reselling partners and their dental lab customers utilizing Objet 3-D printing solutions," said Peter Fornoff, director of R&D Hardware at Sirona. “We believe that this collaboration will make it possible for dental laboratories to benefit from the ability to design models with our software and manufacture them on Objet 3-D printers, and we look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration."Impression free program provides rebate for digital impression usersAdded Avi Cohen, head of Medical Solutions at Objet, a leader in 3-D printing for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing: “This validation of Objet 3-D printing solutions by Sirona enables us to bring together the best in CAD/CAM dentistry technology for the benefit of dental labs worldwide. Combining Sirona’s leading CAD/CAM solutions with Objet 3D printing systems in the dental market allows our dental lab customers to be more competitive, giving them a flexible and individual model production capability.“Sirona brings experience, knowledge, vision and the drive to move the global dental restorative technology forward. Sirona continues to be a great source of inspiration for Objet, and we look forward to working with them on future projects,” Cohen said.For more information, visit www.sirona.com.To comment on this subject, go to community.pennwelldentalgroup.com/.