Case Study: LMU University achieves highly accurate full-color dental restorations with Stratasys PolyJet and 3Shape Color Workflow

Dental Laboratory at LMU University Hospital in Munich prints highly-accurate, full-color dental restorations using the 3Shape Color Workflow

LMU University Hospital’s Dental Laboratory in Munich needed a better way to create dental restorations that looked natural and matched each patient’s real tooth and gum colors. Working with **Stratasys** and its PolyJet 3D printing technology, the lab sought a more accurate alternative to traditional plaster models, which cannot capture color and can require uncomfortable repeat impressions.

**Stratasys** implemented an end-to-end 3Shape Color Workflow with PolyJet printers to convert intraoral scans into true-color, patient-specific 3D dental models. The solution automatically matches teeth, stump, and gingiva shades and supports high-aesthetic restorations such as crowns, inlays, onlays, veneers, and bridges. The result is more realistic restorations, improved communication between labs, dentists, and patients, and reduced manual effort at the printer, though the case study does not provide quantified performance metrics.

LMU University

Josef Schweiger

Dental Laboratory