Disruptive Innovation: RAYSHAPE Edge mini Opens a New Era of Permanent Dental Restorations

Official Technical Positioning and Market Orientation

The Edge mini is a compact, high-precision chairside dental 3D printer from RAYSHAPE, engineered to streamline dental workflows and enhance treatment efficiency. It delivers high resolution and versatile printing capabilities for a wide range of dental applications — including surgical guides, models, occlusal splints, temporary restorations, and more — enabling clinicians to produce accurate and detailed outputs directly within the practice.

From a technical standpoint, the photopolymerization accuracy of the Edge mini already meets the fundamental requirements for clinical use. It supports a layer thickness range of 0.05–0.20 mm and delivers a high XY resolution of 34.4 μm, which fully satisfies the precision requirements for fabricating crowns, inlays, and other permanent restorations.

The ability of Edge mini to manufacture permanent restorations is not solely dependent on hardware performance. More importantly, RAYSHAPE has established close collaborations with several internationally recognized dental resin manufacturers, ensuring validated performance and compliance for global markets, including BEGO’s VarseoSmile resins and VITA’s VIONIC materials, both officially certified for use on platforms such as the Edge mini..

Driven by the rapid development of digital dentistry, clinics across the globe—especially in Southeast Asia and APAC—are seeking solutions that simplify clinical workflows while delivering faster and more precise permanent restorations. Edge mini is well aligned with this market demand, offering clinics and dental laboratories an efficient, accurate, and cost-effective chairside manufacturing solution.

Certified Material Ecosystem and Quality Assurance

Edge mini has completed validation and certification for multiple permanent restorative materials. Four BEGO VarseoSmile resins—VarseoSmile TriniQ, VarseoSmile Crown plus, VarseoSmile Temp, and VarseoSmile Teeth—have been officially validated on the RAYSHAPE Edge mini 3D Printer. Together, they support a wide range of applications, from permanent restorations to temporary restorations and denture teeth fabrication.

VarseoSmile TriniQ is one of the first certified permanent restorative materials for Edge mini. According to BEGO’s official data, the material has passed comprehensive biocompatibility testing and mechanical performance evaluations, with a compressive strength exceeding 150 MPa, fully meeting the mechanical requirements for posterior restorations. It also demonstrates excellent marginal accuracy, with restoration margins controlled within 50 μm after printing. In addition, TriniQ offers up to 10 VITA shades, providing high translucency and esthetic performance, and is suitable for crowns, inlays, onlays, veneers, and small bridges.

VarseoSmile Crown plus is a tooth-colored, ceramic-filled resin specifically developed for permanent restorations. The incorporation of nano-scale ceramic fillers enables restorations to achieve translucency and color closely resembling natural dentition. Clinical evaluations indicate that anterior restorations fabricated with Crown plus show stable color and smooth surfaces after five years of follow-up. The material is easy to polish and suitable for crowns, bridges, and veneers, balancing esthetics with mechanical strength.

VarseoSmile Temp is a resin designed for temporary restorations, including temporary crowns, bridges, and inlays. Its hardness, fit, and wear resistance meet clinical requirements for short-term use, while allowing efficient printing and smooth surface finishing.

VarseoSmile Teeth is dedicated to denture teeth fabrication. Its ceramic-filled formulation ensures durability and high esthetic quality, delivering natural tooth color and gloss to meet the high standards required for denture applications.

It is worth noting that Saremco CROWNTEC is currently undergoing certification. However, its extensive use in the European market has already demonstrated proven reliability. Both parties expect to complete full certification within six months, offering users additional high-quality material options.

In addition, the RAYSHAPE Shape 1+ Dental system actively collaborates with DETAX. DETAX is a well-established German dental material manufacturer, and its FREEPRINT Crown resin enjoys strong market recognition in Europe.

Core Technical Advantages and Market Competitiveness

Printing accuracy is one of the key technical strengths of the Edge mini. Equipped with a 4K LCD light engine and an optimized optical system, the printer achieves an XY resolution of 34.4 μm, positioning it among the leading solutions in its class. Higher accuracy translates directly into better restoration fit and reduced post-processing. Clinical feedback indicates that crowns printed with Edge mini often require minimal to no adjustment during try-in, significantly reducing chairside time.

Compared with traditional CAD/CAM milling, 3D printing offers clear efficiency advantages when manufacturing restorations with complex geometries. For inlays, onlays, and restorations with intricate internal structures, 3D printing enables one-step fabrication without additional assembly.

Material utilization is another critical economic factor. Traditional subtractive milling typically achieves material utilization rates of only 30–40%, whereas 3D printing can reach over 85%. This not only reduces material costs but also aligns with sustainability goals. Combined with RAYSHAPE’s optimized support design, Edge mini allows multiple restorations to be produced in a single print job, significantly improving productivity.

Conclusion

The core value proposition of Edge mini lies in its “cost-effective chairside 3D printing solution.” Compared with high-end systems, Edge mini significantly lowers equipment investment while maintaining reliable quality, enabling small and medium-sized clinics to benefit from digital manufacturing.

From a technical perspective, Edge mini stands out for its high precision and stability. Economically, it delivers strong return on investment. In terms of service and scalability, RAYSHAPE’s global distributor network and strong material partnerships ensure users are not limited in their future development.