Dental Additive Manufacturing Solutions

Accurate models underpin almost every digital dental workflow, from thermoforming clear aligners to surgical planning and case presentation.

Crestaform dental resins are formulated for high-resolution model production, retaining fine detail and dimensional accuracy across repeated builds. For operations producing models at volume, that repeatability directly protects both throughput and margin.

Beyond models, our resins support non-medical device applications including gingiva masks for simulation work and castable patterns for investment casting.

Matching resin characteristics to the printing process and the intended application resolves the majority of production issues before they arise. Our technical team supports that assessment, reviewing platform, throughput targets and tolerance requirements ahead of any material commitment.

We have developed resin and polymer technologies for over a century, across industries where tolerances are demanding and the cost of failure is high. That experience informs every dental formulation we produce.

With manufacturing and distribution across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, we supply customers wherever they operate, under consistent specification.

Our materials are supplied alongside technical support. We assist with material selection, printer parameter optimisation and application-specific development, working with your team through evaluation, trial and scale-up.

Where a standard grade does not meet the requirement, we can formulate to specification. Most partnerships begin with a technical discussion and a trial quantity.

Reliable material performance depends on reliable manufacturing. Our UK site operates to ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 14001 environmental management standards, and every batch of Crestaform dental resin is produced to the same tight specification.

Crestaform dental resins are supplied for non-medical device applications. Where our customers are developing regulated products of their own, we work with their teams on formulation and documentation to support their route to certification.

Scott Bader is employee-owned, with no external shareholders and no prospect of acquisition. For procurement teams qualifying a long-term material supplier, that structure offers a rare degree of continuity.

Our R&D programme is developing a high-resolution dental resin with 70% bio-based content for ultrafast printing of orthodontic models, alongside work on partially and fully recyclable resin systems.

This is chemistry with purpose: materials engineered to perform today and to reduce environmental impact over the longer term.

Dental additive manufacturing is the use of 3D printing to produce dental parts layer by layer from a digital file. It is widely used for dental models, aligner moulds, castable patterns and simulation components.

Dental 3D printing uses specialist photopolymer resins that cure under UV light. Formulation determines print speed, dimensional accuracy, surface finish and compatibility with a given printer platform.

Crestaform dental resins are compatible with UV LCD and DLP printers that accept third-party materials, and our team can support parameter development for closed platforms. Contact us with your printer model for confirmation.

Crestaform dental resins are manufactured in the UK and distributed through our global network, which supports consistent quality and reliable lead times.

Yes. Scott Bader works with dental manufacturers and printer developers on application-specific formulations, from initial brief through trial and validation to commercial supply.