Dental Asia May/June 2020
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators
and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
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<strong>Dental</strong> Updates<br />
BEGO takes action in the fight against COVID-19<br />
With COVID-19 pandemic being a major<br />
challenge for the society, German dental<br />
specialist BEGO is freely sharing its technical<br />
resources in 3D printing and CAD/CAM for<br />
the manufacture of utensils that can prevent<br />
infection.<br />
“It is very important to us to make a<br />
contribution to society, and to use our knowhow<br />
to help reduce the spread of the virus,”<br />
explained Christoph Weiss, managing partner<br />
of BEGO Group.<br />
BEGO’s anti-corona commitment essentially<br />
consists of three cornerstones:<br />
• Users of a BEGO Varseo S or Varseo L<br />
3D printer may download free design<br />
files for do-it-yourself 3D printing of<br />
useful utensils to prevent infection from<br />
the BEGO website. Customers can print<br />
modular frames for face shields<br />
or breathing mask brackets, as<br />
well as bring in ideas for other<br />
useful parts.<br />
• Components that are urgently<br />
needed by hospitals and other<br />
medical facilities are being<br />
produced at BEGO Medical’s<br />
high-tech production centre in<br />
Bremen free of charge. These<br />
include components made<br />
using the SLM process (cobaltchrome)<br />
or high-precision parts<br />
Christoph Weiss (left), managing partner of BEGO Group,<br />
presented 3D printed face masks to Martin Sztraka, chairman<br />
made of titanium, cobalt-chrome<br />
or PMMA in the milling process<br />
for manufacturers of medical<br />
devices.<br />
of the Board of the <strong>Dental</strong> Association in Bremen (KZV) on 3 rd<br />
April <strong>2020</strong><br />
Association of Statutory Health<br />
Insurance Dentists and distributed<br />
• Additionally, BEGO Implant Systems is<br />
manufacturing 3D printed protective<br />
glasses, which are donated to the<br />
by the latter to hospitals and medical<br />
practices in Bremen and the surrounding<br />
area. ■<br />
Structo helps battle the coronavirus<br />
With help from investors such as Wavemaker;<br />
Enterprise Singapore; and EDB Investments,<br />
3D printer solution provider, Structo, has<br />
repurposed all available resources to focus<br />
on manufacturing various medical devices<br />
and PPE to help battle the coronavirus both<br />
in Singapore and globally.<br />
The Structo Nasopharyngeal<br />
Swab, which are manufactured<br />
in Structo’s ISO 13485-certified<br />
facilities in Singapore, have been<br />
filed and registered with the FDA<br />
(Class 1) (United States) and HSA<br />
(Class A) (Singapore).<br />
Structo nasopharyngeal swab<br />
To test for the presence of COVID-19,<br />
healthcare professionals place a<br />
nasopharyngeal swab into a patient’s nasal<br />
cavity to collect a sample. The rapidly rising<br />
number of suspected cases worldwide has<br />
driven the shortage of swabs to keep up<br />
with testing demands. “We have allocated<br />
all available 3D printers in their facilities to<br />
focus on manufacturing this medical device<br />
round-the-clock,” said Structo’s founder<br />
Huub van Esbroeck.<br />
3D-printed face shields<br />
Full-face shields are used as a<br />
supplementary device to help<br />
healthcare professionals stop the<br />
spread of COVID-19 in hospitals.<br />
With the global shortage of<br />
personal protective equipment<br />
(PPE) in healthcare institutions<br />
such as surgical masks and N95<br />
masks, these 3D-printed face<br />
shields may serve as another<br />
option. ■<br />
Structo is working with institutions, researchers and government<br />
agencies to produce 3D-printed face shields in the fight against<br />
COVID-19<br />
Nasopharyngeal swabs are being printed round-the-clock on<br />
Structo printers<br />
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DENTAL ASIA MAY / JUNE <strong>2020</strong>