Lucitone Digital Print 3D Denture Base

15 min

Lucitone Digital Print 3D Denture Base is now available to produce denture bases. The material is a durable, biocompatible resin that produces premium dentures.

The following shades are available:

Light

Light Reddish Pink

Original

Original Opaque

Dark Reddish Pink

This resin is compatible with the AO Polishing Cassette.

When using the AO Polishing Cassette, denture bases must be oriented with the posterior at platform and supported accordingly.

Resource Links

About, IFU, SDS

About the Material

Manufacturer Instructions for Use

Safety Data Sheet

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Protocol

This downloadable handout provides important usage information, including instructions about storage and post-processing. Print it out and bring it into the lab!

Lucitone® Digital Print 3D Denture Resin v01.02.pdf

Dental Post-Processing Grids

One of our most popular downloads! This table provides washing and curing instructions for all supported dental resins.

Print it and use it in the lab as a quick reference.

English

Dental-Post-Processing-Grids_v0501.pdf

German/Deutsch

ZAHNÄRZTLICHES NACHBEARBEITUNGSGITTER v03.71 DE Deutsch.pdf

Spanish/Español

Rejilla de Posprocesamiento Dental v03.71 ES Espanol Spanish.pdf

Print Preparation

There are two options to properly prepare your denture bases for printing:

manually

automatically using Automate: Automatic Print Preparation (APP)

This guide provides instruction for manual preparation.

Reference Denture Bases Automation Guidelines if using APP. login required

Reference all Printer UI content for functionality and instructions not explicitly covered on this page.

Connect to Printer

Connect to the printer software using your web browser.

Create Project

After you have chosen the printer, you must create a new project.

Orientation and Supports

Orientation and Supports varies by orientation strategy. Select your preferred option when using a manual workflow.

Anterior at Platform

Posterior at Platform Orientation used automatically by APP

Anterior at platform orientation is not valid for printing with the AO Polishing Cassette.

Orient

Lower Denture Base Goal

65° tilt

Intaglio surface faces platform

Anterior touches platform

Upper Denture Base Goal

70° tilt

Intaglio surface faces platform

Anterior touches platform

💡 The LOWER denture base gets the LOWER angle.

Click on Orient Shift + O in the top bar in the printer interface.

Click Minimize Footprint button. This will orient the base roughly perpendicular to the platform.

Manually lay the denture flat. The intaglio surface (tissue side) should face the platform.

Click on the denture to select it.

Hover over the axis loop seen while looking at the front of the denture. The green Y axis in this example.

Click and hold on the axis loop and rotate until the denture is roughly parallel to the platform.

💡Change views and adjust as needed until the denture is positioned. Adjusting the red X axis in this example from the side view.

Hold Shift while rotating to move in 45 degree increments.

Tilt Into Position

Click on the denture to select it.

Hover over the axis loop seen while looking at the side of the denture. The red X axis in this example.

Click and hold on the axis loop and rotate to the specified angle so the anterior of the denture is touching the platform.

Lower Denture Base

Rotate 65°

Upper Denture Bases

Rotate 70°

Supports

No supports on intaglio surfaces.

Set Up UI for Supports

Toggle Platform OFF

Click Toggle Platform in the bottom bar B shortcut

Overhang Detection 30°

Click Overhang Detection in the bottom bar V shortcut

Set angle to 30°

Enter Manual Fence Support Mode

Manual Fence Supports Place fence supports for the following denture base conditions where illustrated in the examples below.

Denture Base Edges

Tooth Pockets

T-bars

Click a series of points along the edge of red areas to define the fence.

Click Esc key on keyboard to end a fence and begin another.

Hold down the E key and click with the mouse to reposition points.

Click Generate All to create the fence geometry. This may take a few minutes.

Error: Support Couldn't Be Added

Sometimes an error will occur when you try to generate a new fence.

If this happens, the points will turn pink and an error message will appear.

💡Try making multiple shorter fences or try adding the fence in a slightly different place.

Support Denture Edges

Click along red areas on edges, indicated by the Overhang Detection tool.

Upper dentures

Outer/buccal edge

Posterior edge

Lower dentures

Outer/buccal edges

Inner/lingual

On outer/buccal edges, support at least the width of the 6 anterior teeth.

Upper Denture Base

Upper Denture Base Outer Edge

Although upper dentures do not have an inner edge, they may require supports along the posterior edge to ensure proper accuracy. Define points along the edge to generate a fence support.

Depending on the size of the denture base, additional supports may be required.

Lower Denture Base

Lower Denture Base Outer Edge

Lower Denture Base Inner Edge

Support Tooth Pockets

The areas below tooth pockets must be supported.

Support both upper and lower dentures.

Be sure to support the papillae (triangular area between teeth).

Support under all pockets that have overhangs indicated in red.

Adding supports in tooth pockets is discouraged as it may require additional finishing and may affect tooth fit.

Lower Denture

Supporting Tooth Pockets on Lower Denture

Upper Denture

Supporting Tooth Pockets on Upper Denture

Fence Supports on Tooth Pockets on Lower Denture

Fence Supports on Tooth Pockets on Upper Denture

Support T-Bars

Supporting T-bars on Lower Denture

Support Anterior Area The last area requiring supports will use the Patch support tool to fill the area with fence supports. The outer anterior area is typically a large overhang that requires dense supports.

This is required for both upper and lower dentures. The example pictured below is an upper denture.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/782400225

Examples of Well Supported Dentures Use the images below as a reference for well supported upper and lower dentures.

Lower Denture (front view)

Upper Denture (front view)

Lower Denture (bottom view)

Upper Denture (bottom view)

Posterior at platform orientation must be used for printing with the AO Polishing Cassette.

Orient

Lower and Upper Dentures Bases Goal

70° tilt

Intaglio surface faces platform

Posterior touches platform

Click on Orient Shift + O in the top bar in the printer interface.

Click Minimize Footprint button. This will orient the base roughly perpendicular to the platform.

Manually lay the denture flat. The intaglio surface (tissue side) should face the platform.

Click on the denture to select it.

Hover over the axis loop seen while looking at the front of the denture. The green Y axis in this example.

Click and hold on the axis loop and rotate until the denture is roughly parallel to the platform.

💡Change views and adjust as needed until the denture is positioned. Adjusting the red X axis in this example from the side view.

Hold Shift while rotating to move in 45 degree increments.

Tilt Into Position

Click on the denture to select it.

Hover over the axis loop seen while looking at the side of the denture. The red X axis in this example.

Click and hold on the axis loop and rotate to the specified angle so the posterior of the denture is touching the platform.

Rotate 70°

Supports

No supports on intaglio surfaces.

Set Up UI for Supports

Toggle Platform OFF

Click Toggle Platform in the bottom bar B shortcut

Overhang Detection 30°

Click Overhang Detection in the bottom bar V shortcut

Set angle to 30°

Enter Manual Fence Support Mode

Manual Fence Supports Place fence supports for the following denture base conditions where illustrated in the examples below.

Denture Base Edges

T-bars

Click a series of points along the edge of red areas to define the fence.

Click Esc key on keyboard to end a fence and begin another.

Hold down the E key and click with the mouse to reposition points.

Click Generate All to create the fence geometry. This may take a few minutes.

Error: Support Couldn't Be Added

Sometimes an error will occur when you try to generate a new fence.

If this happens, the points will turn pink and an error message will appear.

💡Try making multiple shorter fences or try adding the fence in a slightly different place.

Support Denture Edges

Click along red areas on edges, indicated by the Overhang Detection tool.

Upper Denture Base

Lower Denture Base

Support T-Bars

Click along red areas on edges, indicated by the Overhang Detection tool.

Support Cameo Surface The last area requiring supports will use the Patch support tool to fill the area with fence supports. The lingual cameo surface is typically a large overhang that requires dense supports.

This is required for lower dentures.

While in the Supports menu, click the Manual tab and select Patch.

Click in the large overhang on the cameo surface. A green patch will appear.

Under Support Attributes click Primary Support Type and select Fence.

In the Spacing box, type 3.5 mm.

Scroll down to the bottom of the Supports menu and turn Boundary Fence ON.

Adjust the Overhang slider until the red highlighted overhang areas are covered by the green patch. Typically this will be between 35° - 45°.

Click Generate All.

Examples of Well Supported Dentures Use the images below as a reference for well supported upper and lower dentures using the posterior at platform orientation.

Upper Denture

Front

Lower Denture

Front

Bottom

Back

Layout

If necessary, part layout can be changed manually:

Click and drag parts to adjust their position.

Modify Z rotation by using the Spin tool.

Use the Part List tab as needed to more easily select models and focus on them.

Print Controls

Project Analysis

Post-Processing

Follow Manufacturer Instructions for Use (IFU) and Protocol.

Questions & Support

Dentsply Sirona

For questions about the resin properties, printing, washing or curing your denture teeth, please contact the Dentsply Sirona technical team:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 1-844-848-0137

Carbon

For questions about your Carbon printer or Carbon software settings used for this resin, please contact Carbon:

Email: [email protected]

Phone:

U.S. and Canada 1-650-285-6307 option 2

Germany +49 6102 5790849

UK +44 (0) 2082 647484

Printer UI: On the dashboard, select the Prints tab. Select one of the printed projects. Click Request Help in the lower right corner.