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• Researchers at the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine are investigating whether multimaterial inkjet 3D printing could reshape how dentures are designed and manufactured. Led by Jeffrey Stansbury, PhD, senior associate dean for research and professor of dental medicine, the team is developing photo-curable polymer materials intended to improve on current prosthetic performance, in durability,…
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Researchers at the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine are investigating whether multimaterial inkjet 3D printing could reshape how dentures are designed and manufactured. Led by Jeffrey Stansbury, PhD, senior associate dean for research and professor of dental medicine, the team is developing photo-curable polymer materials intended to improve on current prosthetic performance, in durability, cost, production speed, and potentially antimicrobial protection, though several of the advances remain in research and regulatory stages.
“I’ve been a polymer chemist for decades,” said Stansbury. “The materials we are using to build potential future dentures are the best I’ve ever seen in my entire career. We’ve come up with a family of very high-performance photo-curable polymers that set new s