ClearCorrect is collaborating with Objet to make Objet's high-resolution, 3D printing systems part of its mass-scale manufacturing of custom-made orthodontic aligners.
A number of recently installed Objet 3D printing systems are now installed in ClearCorrect's Houston manufacturing center. The Objet 3D printing systems are a key component of the ClearCorrect process in that they produce the plastic models of each step of the patient's treatment, the companies noted. ClearCorrect then thermoforms the models to create its clear aligners.
ClearCorrect includes the plastic models along with the clear aligners so that the doctors can use them as needed to fabricate replacement aligners should a patient lose or break an aligner. This can save the patient from having to wait a couple weeks to receive the replacement aligner, the companies noted.
