Carbon has introduced the high-impact DB 4000 denture base resin, which has been developed to support the additive manufacture of digital dentures on the M-series of printers.
The material has been cleared by the FDA and is compliant with ISO 20795-1.
Carbon says it also combines high fracture toughness and high print accuracy with a more competitive cost per part than leading alternatives (cost/margin claims based on MSRP).
FDA-cleared and compliant with ISO 20795-1, DB 4000 combines high fracture toughness and high print accuracy with a more competitive cost per part than leading alternatives, which Carbon describes as 'the most-used denture base resin on Carbon printers.'
The material is also said to boast a work of fracture of 4,000 J/m², tested at 37°C in water under modified ISO 20795-1 conditions, which Carbon says is 31% tougher than the published Work of Fracture results of the category leader for denture base resins. In addition, DB 4000 averaged 97% global accuracy within ±130µm and 95% intaglio accuracy within ±100µm in Carbon’s internal validation testing, surpassing the category leader, it says, and is able to 'accurately reproduce the original STL specifications in the final printed denture.'
Carbon is making the DB 4000 material available in four gingiva shades - Light Pink, Original Pink, Dark Reddish Pink, and Dark Meharry - and has developed the material to work seamlessly with Carbon’s Automatic Print Preparation (APP). Currently, the material is exclusive to Carbon M-Series Printers.
“DB 4000 is the product of an obsessive focus on the mechanics that actually determine whether or not a denture base holds up in the real world,” said Jason Rolland, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Carbon. “We didn’t just want to make an incremental improvement over the category leader* — we wanted the data to make the case on its own. That’s why the number is in the name.”
“DB 4000 is a clear example of how Carbon’s platform, hardware, software, and materials engineered together, let us bring dental labs a material with strong performance across the metrics that matter most, at a more competitive cost per part (cost/margin claims based on MSRP),” said Phil DeSimone, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Carbon. “This launch reflects our continued investment in the digital denture market and our commitment to giving labs better tools, and better margins, to run their businesses.”
DB 4000 is available now in the United States for dental labs and validated for Carbon’s M-Series printers.
