SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 25, 2026 -- Dentsply Sirona and HeyGears have announced the successful validation of Lucitone Digital Print Denture resins for one-piece denture production on HeyGears' new UltraCraft Multi-Material Fusion DLP 3D printer. The validation extends an existing collaboration between the two companies and establishes a production pathway that eliminates the bonding step previously required to attach Lucitone Digital IPN 3D denture teeth to the denture base. Dental laboratories using the combined workflow can now produce complete monolithic dentures in a single print run while maintaining the mechanical strength, esthetics, and durability associated with the Lucitone material platform. The announcement covers full-arch and partial denture applications.
One-Piece Printing Removes the Bonding Step From the Lab Workflow
The practical change here is specific. Until now, laboratories producing Lucitone-based digital dentures needed to print the denture base and teeth separately and then bond them together — a step that adds time, introduces a potential failure point, and requires additional handling. The UltraCraft MMF validation removes that requirement. A single print run on the HeyGears machine produces the complete denture as one piece, with no post-print bonding needed. For laboratories running high volumes, that simplification has direct implications for throughput and consistency across batches.
HeyGears describes the monolithic output as fully preserving tooth anatomy for natural, balanced occlusion. The seamless surface — with no bonded joint — also inhibits bacterial growth, which carries hygiene and longevity benefits in clinical use.
UltraCraft MMF Printer Enables Full-Chain Multi-Material Production
The HeyGears UltraCraft Multi-Material Fusion DLP 3D printer is central to the validated workflow. The system covers the full production chain — from design and pre-processing through to the finished denture — within a single automated sequence. HeyGears' broader dental portfolio is built around pre-processing software, print management tools, and hardware designed to work together as an integrated system. The UltraCraft MMF adds multi-material capability to that stack, which is what makes simultaneous printing of tooth and base materials in one run technically feasible.
Peiyan Gui, CEO and Co-founder of HeyGears, said the validation marks an important step in making advanced denture workflows more accessible, and that integrating HeyGears printing technology with Dentsply Sirona's trusted materials enables laboratories of all sizes to scale production, enhance consistency, and deliver excellent outcomes.
Lucitone Digital Print System Covers 18 Tooth Shades and Five Gingiva Shades
The Lucitone Digital Print Denture System offers clinical teams a wide shade range: 16 A–D shades plus two bleach options for teeth, and five gingiva shades. That range supports both standard and more demanding esthetic requirements without requiring custom resin batches. The system's established reputation centers on mechanical strength, longevity, and a streamlined digital workflow — properties that apply to the one-piece format as they do to the conventional two-part production route. Laboratories already familiar with Lucitone materials can extend their existing workflow knowledge to the one-piece process without retraining on a new material platform.
Jennifer Kelly, Vice President of Digital Services and Atlantis at Dentsply Sirona, said validating Lucitone Digital Print Denture resins for one-piece printing with HeyGears reflects the company's commitment to providing laboratories with streamlined solutions that maintain the highest standards of esthetics and strength.
Validation Builds on an Established Collaboration Between Both Companies
This announcement is not the start of a new relationship. Dentsply Sirona and HeyGears had already completed an earlier validation covering Lucitone Digital Print materials on HeyGears printing systems before this one-piece workflow validation was undertaken. The current announcement extends the scope of that collaboration to the UltraCraft MMF platform and to one-piece production specifically. That incremental structure — validate a material on a platform, then validate it for a new production mode on a new printer — reflects a methodical approach to expanding the digital denture ecosystem rather than pursuing a single sweeping integration.
For laboratory buyers evaluating printer investments, the validation record provides a reference point. A material-hardware combination that has been formally validated by both the material manufacturer and the printer manufacturer carries more predictability than one assembled independently in-house.
Workflow Accessibility Positions the Solution for Laboratories at Different Scales
HeyGears frames the accessibility benefit explicitly: the workflow is designed for laboratories of all sizes, not only high-volume production facilities. Smaller labs that previously lacked the throughput to justify complex multi-component workflows now have a validated single-step path to full-arch digital denture production. Consistency is easier to maintain in a one-piece process because there are fewer variables — no bonding agent, no alignment step, no joint to inspect. For labs building quality management systems around digital production, that reduction in process steps reduces the scope for operator-introduced variation.
Combined with the Lucitone material's clinical track record and HeyGears' automated pre-processing and print management tools, the validated workflow offers a defined production path from intraoral scan data to finished prosthetic without requiring custom integration work at the laboratory level.