3D Systems, one of the largest global 3D printer manufacturers, will launch its newest machine, the NextDent 300, today at the dental industry’s largest products expo, LMT Lab Day in Chicago.

The new 3D printer is uses material jetting technology to produce multi-color, multi-material parts. Its target application is the rapid production of patient-specific monolithic dentures at dental laboratories with plans, the company says, to include solutions for nightguards and direct-printed aligners in 2026.

3D Systems is going head-to-head now with Stratasys, which launched its multicolor, multi-material full denture solution in 2023.

The dentures come out of the machine fully cured and safe to handle without the need for additional post-curing steps.

The advantage of this approach is its ability to print volume batches of dentures where each one is patient-specific based on individual dental scans. As a monolithic solution, there is no assembly, something that’s uncommon compared to other 3D printed denture solutions. Often, the gums of the denture are 3D printed in one material, while the teeth are printed in another and then assembled. The NextDent 300 can print with multiple materials and multiple colors at once.

To complement the NextDent 300, 3D Systems developed two new materials, the NextDent Jet Teeth and NextDent Jet Base — the former uniquely formulated to mimic tooth rigidity and aesthetics, and the latter to absorb impact.

3D Systems offers a full ecosystem of materials, hardware, and software — in an FDA-cleared complete workflow — enabling high-volume dental laboratories to deliver dentures with “improved performance and aesthetics, resulting in a superior patient experience,” the company says.