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SPRINTRAY AND PATTERSON DENTAL

WILL DISTRIBUTE RESIN 3D PRINTING

TECHNOLOGIES TO DENTAL PRACTICES 3D Adept Mag

Commercial Agreement to distribute SprintRay’s
advanced resin 3D printing technologies for
dental practices.

Since November 2017, SprintRay and Patterson Dental rather than using mechanical or electrical tools.
bring high-resolution desktop 3D printers, resins, and According to the journal dental economics, in order to
accessories to dental practices throughout the USA and understand the future of dental technology, it is important
Canada. Patterson Dental, the business unit of Patterson to understand how new technologies function in other
Companies will distribute a wide range of SprintRay’s industries and how those technologies can be integrated
solutions including the MoonRay desktop 3D printer, as into dentistry.
well as a variety of resins,and accessories.
This field requires a modern 3D printing solution to
For those who do not know both companies… provide doctors and patients with a helpful experience.
“That is why we are so excited to be working with
SprintRay is a Los Angeles-based company which Patterson Dental,” said Amir Mansouri, CEO of SprintRay.
manufactures professional-grade and affordable 3D “The company has a proven track record for bringing
printers with resins for a variety of industries and appli- the most innovative and influential technologies to the
cations including dentistry, engineering, prototyping, dental market.”
art, and design.
Josh Killian, Vice President of Marketing for Patterson
As for Patterson Companies, it is a distributor of products Dental expresses the company’s contentment to
on the dental and animal health markets. On the work with Patterson Dental: “We are pleased to bring
dental market, the company provides dental products, SprintRay’s technology to our customers looking to
equipment and software, turnkey digital solutions and further their endeavors in digital dentistry. High-resolution
value-added services to dentists and dental labora- desktop 3D printing appliances and models in house is
tories throughout North America. On the animal health a key part of the next evolution in dentistry.”
market, products, services and technologies to both
the production and companion animal health markets
in North America and the U.K are provided.

Digital dentistry

As the name implies, this practice refers to the use of
specialised technologies to carry out dental procedures

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