3D Print to Profit: Splints, Surgical Guides, Models & Provisional Restorations

18 SEPTEMBER 2027 · THE MARKET CROSS, BURY ST EDMUNDS
ALSO AVAILABLE 07 NOVEMBER 2026

Turn your 3D printer into a practical, productive part of your everyday digital workflow.

Owning a 3D printer is one thing. Knowing how to use it efficiently, predictably and across multiple clinical applications is another.

This intensive hands-on course takes 3D printing beyond basic models and introduces the practical workflows required to produce splints, surgical guides, dental models and provisional restorations with greater confidence.

The focus is not simply on pressing print. You'll work through the complete digital process - understanding how to prepare designs correctly, select appropriate printing parameters, manage production and post-processing, and achieve a finished result that is clinically usable.

Most importantly, the course is designed around workflows you can take back into practice and begin applying the very next day, helping you get more clinical and commercial value from digital manufacturing.

What you'll learn

During the course, you will:

• Understand the complete digital 3D printing workflow, from design preparation through to the finished clinical appliance or restoration.
• Learn practical workflows for producing dental models, splints, surgical guides and provisional restorations.
• Understand how different applications require different approaches to design, material selection, orientation and printing.
• Learn how to correctly prepare and position files for predictable manufacture.
• Develop a better understanding of supports, orientation and print strategy and how these decisions affect the finished result.
• Work through the essential stages of washing, curing and post processing rather than treating printing as the end of the workflow.
• Recognise common causes of print failure and learn how to troubleshoot problems before they become expensive or time consuming.
• Understand how to improve repeatability, efficiency and output quality within an in practice printing workflow.
• Explore where 3D printing can reduce reliance on external manufacturing and create opportunities to bring more production in house.
• Understand how to turn digital manufacturing into a workflow that delivers genuine clinical and commercial value.

Course aims & objectives

The aim of this course is to give delegates a practical understanding of how 3D printing can be integrated effectively into everyday digital dentistry.

By the end of the day, you should understand not only what can be printed, but the workflow decisions required to manufacture different dental applications successfully and consistently.

The emphasis throughout is on hands on application, repeatability and practical implementation - moving beyond theory so that you understand the complete process from digital file to finished result.

What you'll leave with

Multiple workflows, not one demonstration.
Understand how the printing process changes across models, splints, surgical guides and provisional restorations.

A repeatable production process.
Develop a clearer workflow for preparing, printing, washing, curing and finishing your work.

Greater confidence troubleshooting prints.
Learn to recognise where things go wrong and which variables to assess when a print doesn't perform as expected.

A better understanding of materials and manufacturing decisions.
Know why material, orientation, supports and post processing matter to the final result.

The confidence to bring more workflows in house.
Identify where 3D printing can improve efficiency and give your practice greater control over digital production.

Skills you can apply the next day.
The course is designed around practical workflows that can be implemented in your own digital setup immediately rather than remaining theoretical knowledge.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for dentists, dental technicians and digital dental professionals who want to make greater use of 3D printing within their clinical or laboratory workflows.

It is suitable whether you're relatively new to dental 3D printing or already own a printer but want to expand the range of applications you're able to produce confidently.

It is particularly valuable for delegates who want to move beyond occasional model printing and develop a more complete understanding of clinically useful, repeatable and commercially valuable digital manufacturing workflows.

Course details

Available dates:
7 November 2026
18 September 2027

Location: The Market Cross, Bury St Edmunds
Format: Hands on training

Limited places available.

Don't let your 3D printer become a piece of equipment you only use for one workflow. Learn how to use it across multiple applications, improve the predictability of your production and turn digital manufacturing into a more valuable part of your practice.