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Brand-agnostic.
Every review names the machine, the resin, the layer height, the failure modes. If a printer is bad, I’ll say it is. If a cheaper resin prints better, I’ll say that too.
17 printers reviewed
Sydney · Asia · USA
Pressprint.
G’day. I’m Andrew. I help dentists embrace digital workflows, fundamental digital design, and 3D printing inside their existing practices. I’ve printed on forty machines. Brand-agnostic. Plain-spoken. Quietly nerdy.
machines tested40+
published reviews17
max mentor ratio1:5
educating dentists6 yrs
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01 / ManifestoAI3D/2026
Aspaceformetosharemypassiononallthingsdentaland3Dprinting.Brand-agnostic.Plain-spoken.Fortymachinesonthebench,named.
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On the bench.
The training hub lives inside a working dental practice. Oak benches. Real cases. The printers actually running tonight. Not a lecture hall.
Sydney · oak benches
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Six years, quietly.
Quietly teaching clinicians and dental assistants since 2020. Wrote two thirds of the first IDD reviews. If you want feelings, that’s what the cats are for.
Since 2020
AsigaSprintrayFormlabsRayshapeHeyGearsAckurettaPhrozenShining 3DDentafabBambu LabAsigaSprintrayFormlabsRayshapeHeyGears
02 / Reviews
Every printer, named.
Seventeen long-form reviews. The machine, the resin, the layer height, the failure modes, the verdict. Notes from the bench, not from the spec sheet.
Oct 2025Shining 3D Accufab F1
Oct 2025Sprintray Midas
Aug 2025Phrozen Sonic CS+
Jan 2025Sprintray Pro2
Dec 2024Asiga Max UV 2
Oct 2024Shining3D Accufab Cel
Sept 2024Ackuretta SOL
Sept 2024HeyGears UltraCraft ChairSide
Sept 2024Sprintray Pro55s
Sept 2024Asiga Max UV
Sept 2024Bambu Lab X1-Carbon
Sept 2024Phrozen Lumii
Sept 2024Ackuretta SOL Plus
Sept 2024HeyGears UltraCraft ChairSide Pro
03 / Services
What I do.
Ten things. From printer selection through to live case design. Most of it starts with a chat about what you’re trying to print and what’s currently in your lab.
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- 01Service
Equipment selection
Brand-agnostic audit of the printers, scanners, resins and software that actually fit your case mix. No affiliate codes.
- 02Service
Practice set-up
On-site install, calibration, workflow architecture. From bench layout to post-cure placement. Room-ready.
- 03Service
Software training
Exocad, 3Shape, Shapeware, Chitubox, Sprintray, Asiga. Whichever slicer you're running, I've been inside it. (I have opinions.)
- 04Service
Print support
Remote and in-person troubleshooting for real cases. Failed supports. Warped arches. Off-axis builds. We fix it on the bench.
- 05Service
Troubleshooting
Failed prints, wrong exposure curves, contaminated vats, warped arches. Six years of failure-mode patterns to draw on.
- 06Service
In-house training
1:1 or small-group training inside your own practice. Dentists and assistants. You leave printing live cases.
- 07Service
Design training
Appliances, nightguards, surgical guides, model builds, implant-supported workflows. Structured modules.
- 08Service
Health & safety
Resin handling. Ventilation. PPE. Disposal. The boring fundamentals that keep a practice out of trouble.
- 09Service
Collaboration
Co-author research, run R&D with manufacturers, and bring external lab partnerships into your practice.
- 10Service
Print requests
Contract design & print service. Send the scan, receive the finished appliance. Australia-wide shipping.
Founder
Andrew Ip
Dentist · Digital dentistry educator · Sydney
04 / Founder
G’day. I’m Andrew.
A space for me to share my passion on all things dental and 3D printing.
I’m a practicing dentist in Sydney. Six years quietly teaching clinicians and dental assistants how to actually use the digital tools. In the chair. On the bench. Back-of-house. Forty machines named, layer heights remembered, failure modes catalogued.
Ai3D is what I wished existed when I started. Brand-agnostic. Plain-spoken. Built inside a working dental practice. Oak benches. Real cases. The printers actually running tonight.
Outside the practice: my wife, two cats named Max and Minnie, and a complicated relationship with the colour red. (Dark red. Never bright red.)
Qualifications
- BDS · Bachelor of Dental Surgery
- RACDS Membership · Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
- Grad Dip Orthodontics
- MSc Implantology
- Grad Dip Digital Dentistry
- Diploma Oral Implants
- Machines printed on
- 40+
- Educating dental teams
- 6 yrs
- Long-form reviews
- 17
- Continents trained
- 3
05 / Study Club
Bread-and-Butter
Digital Dentistry.
B2D2 is the study club. Quarterly sessions for clinicians who’d rather print the case than slide-deck about it. Real cases. Real resins. Members-only. Inside the Sydney practice.
On the bench
Members printing real cases. Scan to seat.
Study Club
B2D2 membership
Members-only · quarterly sessions
- Quarterly in-person sessions in the Sydney practice
- Access to private case-review library
- Tested resin + settings library, kept current
- Direct line to Andrew between sessions
Hands-on
Zero to Hero workshops
1–2 day intensives · Sydney, Perth, USA
- Max 1:5 mentor-to-attendee ratio. Always.
- Live printing from design file to final appliance
- Printer, slicer, resin selection walkthrough
- Oak benches. Real cases. Real failure modes.
1:1 Onsite
Practice install + training
POA · Australia-wide and international
- Printer commissioning and resin library
- Team training: dentists, assistants, reception
- Workflow architecture from scan to seat
- 90-day post-install firmware + case support
06 / Events
2026
on tour.
Zero-to-Hero workshops across Australia, Asia, and the US. Small group, oak benches, real cases printed start to seat. Email for a seat or to host a workshop.
22 May 2026
Sydney
Zero to Hero · Sydney
Ai3D Hub · Private practice
Confirmed
05 Jun 2026
Melbourne
Zero to Hero · Melbourne
TBA
Waitlist
19 Jun 2026
Perth
Zero to Hero · Perth
TBA
Early bird
10 Jul 2026
Brisbane
Digital Dentistry After Dark
Private release
By invite
07 Aug 2026
Singapore
Asia Workshop
TBA
Announced
11 Sep 2026
Los Angeles
US Tour · LA
TBA
Announced
25 Sep 2026
New York
US Tour · NYC
TBA
Announced
Past tours
Z2H Perth 2025
Workshop · Perth
Z2H Perth · Bench day
Workshop · Perth
ADX 2022
Speaker · Sydney
Z2H Sydney 2022
Workshop · Sydney
Bench set-up
Backstage
Resin library
Backstage
07 / Let’s talk
Book
Andrew.
Tell me what you’re trying to print, what’s currently in the lab, and what’s gone wrong. I reply inside 48 hours. Straight from my inbox.
Direct
andrew@ai3ddental.com
Based
Sydney
On tour · Asia · USA