SYS Systems reports 350% surge in dental market sales
The company has been installing one of Stratasys' J5 DentaJet 3D printers every two weeks
SYS Systems, a UK-based industrial equipment supplier, has reported a 350% surge in sales in the dental market, as thousands of patients take advantage of 3D printing technology.
The company is working with an increasing number of clinics and laboratories across the UK to install Stratasys’ J5 DentaJet printers – capable of creating removable dentures that deliver enhanced aesthetics and functional results in half the production time. The machines utilize patented TrueDent, a CE-marked resin that is extremely durable and offers the ability to print multiple tooth and base shades simultaneously in a single full-colour, monolithic structure.
“Additive manufacturing is revolutionizing the way we make things, and the dental market is the latest to switch on to the benefits,” said Matt Fulton, Managing Director of SYS Systems. “It’s a real win-win for dentists and labs. The 3D printed prosthetics are versatile, highly durable, and deliver the best aesthetics – all achieved in half the time it takes compared to the traditional route. Stratasys’ J5 DentaJet is the most advanced printer in this space, and, when you combine it with the TrueDentTM resin, it’s not a surprise that demand is soaring in the UK and Ireland. In fact, I think we’re leading the way when it comes to sales of this machine in Europe.”
SYS Systems has been installing one J5 DentaJet every two weeks as more laboratories and clinics come around to its speed, functionality, and aesthetic performance. Some of the first TrueDent fittings in Europe took place thanks to a partnership between SYS Systems and Prime Dental Laboratory, a specialist in removable prosthetics and implant-supported dentures.
“From the start of my career, I worked completely analog, and I would set everything up by hand. In more recent years, we have invested heavily into the digital side of dentistry and have seen a big change with dentists wanting to use it as well,” said Tim Jackson, Co-owner and Clinical Dental Technician at Prime Dental Laboratory. “Digital dentures have sometimes been a little brittle in the past – not this TrueDent material, which I believe is the best printer resin on the market, surpassing everything I could have imagined strength-wise, as well as aesthetics. For example, we’ve thrown it down the corridor and even stomped on it, and it’s unbreakable. Speed has also been important. Creating using an analog method, we found that 18 dentures would take us around 12 hours to make. Doing the same process digitally, we went down to about six hours, and – now we’ve got the J5 DentaJet – we can knock another hour off that just on post-processing those dentures as well.”
Part of the Carfulan Group, SYS Systems is located in a £2.5m Advanced Innovation Centre in Foston, near Derby. It has been a UK platinum partner for Stratasys since 2012 and is currently the leading supplier of Stratasys dental 3D printers in Europe.
