The coordinated workflow of the 3D printer PrograPrint PR5 with the 3D printing material Ivotion Base Print demonstrates, how precise technology and innovative material science work together to further enhance dental prosthetics.

The PR5 stands out for its intelligent design and advanced technology. Particularly noteworthy is its exceptional build platform, which ensures consistently high precision across the entire platform. This is achieved through its specially developed and patented Light Strategy. The light output is individually calculated and optimized for each layer to guarantee the highest printing quality. As a result, precision remains constant, regardless of whether the object is placed in the centre or at the edge of the build platform. By adapting the materials to the 49 µm build platform resolution and accounting for shrinkage compensation and other factors, we can achieve a mean deviation of < 20 µm and a standard deviation of < 50 µm. While many printers follow similar approaches, the PR5 sets new benchmarks in precision.

The PrograPrint system is characterized by its optimized and user-friendly workflow. During the cleaning and post-curing process with PrograPrint Clean and PrograPrint Cure, the printed objects remain securely attached to the build platform. This minimizes direct contact with unpolymerized material and isopropanol to an absolute minimum. The build platform itself is also cleaned in the process, ensuring an unprecedented level of cleanliness. This efficiency, combined with validated processes and predefined parameters, minimizes potential sources of error and ensures a straightforward and clean workflow. 
Another highlight of the PrograPrint PR5 is the timer function, which allows print jobs to start on a scheduled basis. Dental technicians can set the printer to run overnight, so that custom dental restorations are available first thing in the morning. This feature optimizes time management in the lab and significantly increases productivity.

Ivotion Base Print is a denture base material for 3D printing that enables the efficient fabrication of esthetic dentures in proven PMMA quality. The material complies with ISO standard 20795-1, ensuring dimensionally stable and accurately fitting denture bases. Ivotion Base Print offers smooth surfaces and lifelike esthetics, and the material is highly stain and plaque resistant.^[1] This allows you to produce patient-specific solutions that are both esthetically pleasing and comfortable to wear.
A key advantage of Ivotion Base Print is its ability to enable parallel production. While multiple denture bases are being printed with Ivotion Base Print, teeth can simultaneously be milled using Ivotion Dent Multi or Ivotion Dent. For dental technicians familiar with PMMA, the material feels comfortable to handle. The denture bases can be just as easily processed, polished, repaired and relined as conventionally manufactured PMMA dentures.

PrograPrint PR5 and Ivotion Base Print complement each other ideally and provide a validated workflow that enables the fabrication of highly precise and esthetic denture bases. The exceptional precision of the PR5 ensures that Ivotion Base Print can fully leverage its strengths at every stage of the printing process – from precise fit to an esthetic surface. The specially developed Light Engine of the PR5 ensures consistently high quality, regardless of an object’s position on the build platform. PrograPrint Cartridge enables easy, contact-free handling and safe storage of materials. In combination with the remarkable material properties of Ivotion Base Print, such as stain and plaque resistance, the machine enables the fabrication of denture bases that are both technically precise and also esthetically pleasing. With the PrograPrint system and Ivotion Base Print, dental technicians have access to a solution that is not only precise and reliable but also simplifies the workflow and increases productivity. Modern dental technology in true harmony.

^[1] Based on in-vitro data.