TMJ Clinic New to 3D Printing Splints - Looking for Design help
Hey all, i’m new to this topic so am needing some help.
Quick backstory: I’m the office manager of a small clinic dedicated to treating TMJ and sleep apnea with oral splints/joint stabilization devices. We have a LuxCreo fastprint.io and are really wanting to start fabricating all of our devices in house but are having a hard time finding someone who can create the custom device designs we use. We currently have them milled by a lab and now that we have the printer, want to cut costs and make them in house.
This is completely new territory for us so we are feeling really discouraged about the process. The printer has been sitting unused in our lab for 6+ months, which is crazy on many levels but thats a different story, so I figured I would just come to Reddit for some help.
We use 3shape for our scans and up until now we were utilizing LuxCreo directly for practice design files (because we have literally only made three devices on the printer so far, none of them being actual devices we use - simply just to learn the process itself), but have just recently discovered they aren’t able to design what we actually need.
We would love to either find a program or an independent designer who can create the oral splint designs according to our specifications. Any input or points in the right direction would be tremendously helpful! TIA