High volume production at Excent Tandtechniek
By Sven Terlingen, Excent Tandtechniek
At Excent Tandtechniek, part of the Liberty Dental Group, we produce a wide range of dental appliances including dentures, splints, surgical guides, orthodontic models, nightguards and restorations. When we committed to building our digital production around 3D printing, choosing the right platform was a decision we took seriously. After thorough evaluation, we standardised on Asiga technology. Three years on, that decision continues to prove itself every day.
Freedom to choose any material
One of the most compelling reasons we chose Asiga was their open material platform. We are not tied to a proprietary resin ecosystem — we can qualify and use any material we choose, from any manufacturer. In dental, that matters enormously. The resin market moves quickly, new biocompatible materials receive regulatory clearance regularly and our clinical requirements vary significantly across appliance types. With Asiga, we source the best resin for each application, negotiate our own supply agreements, and adapt as the market evolves. No other manufacturer in our evaluation offered that level of freedom without compromising print quality.
"Asiga is the obvious choice for any dental lab
that is serious about quality at scale."
Sven Terlingen, Excent
Reliability that cuts reworks and keeps production moving
At our production volumes, consistency is everything. A single failed build or a splint that needs remaking doesn’t just cost materials, it costs time, delays patient treatment, and erodes confidence in the workflow. Since standardising on Asiga, our rework rate has dropped substantially. The precision and repeatability of their DLP printing technologies means that what we validated in testing is what we get in production, batch after batch. Our clinicians have noticed the difference, and so has our bottom line.
Serious value, with support that never expires
Asiga 3D printers represent genuinely competitive capital investment for the output and accuracy they deliver. Another commercial highlight is Asiga’s unlimited lifetime support. We are not managing annual service contracts or worrying about equipment becoming orphaned as models age. Asiga stands behind their hardware for the life of the machine. For a production lab like ours, that is not a minor footnote, it is a meaningful part of how we plan and budget our infrastructure.
Taken together, open materials, production reliability, and lifetime support make Asiga the obvious choice for any dental lab that is serious about quality at scale. For Excent, it is the foundation we build everything on.
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