Kobe Dental Clinic Uses 3D Printing to Cut Denture Time to One WeekA · FULL TRANSLATION
# dental DX# 3D printing# denture# Kobe# healthcare digitization
Key Points
- Kobe's Nobu Dental will offer 3D-printed 'emergency dentures' from July
- It cuts the extraction-to-completion process from three months to as little as one week
- A typical case of clinical digital transformation boosting efficiency
Analysis
Dentistry is being rewritten by digitization. Kobe's Nobu Dental will use 3D printing and face scanning from July to cut the extraction-to-denture timeline from three months to as little as one week, marketing emergency dentures. It is a concrete result of clinical digital transformation, sharply shortening waits and improving patient experience, a micro case of tech reaching Japan's grassroots healthcare.