Modern dental imaging technology is amazing. We now have digital x-rays that throw an image to the dentist’s computer screen in seconds. ‘OPG’ machines can create a panoramic radiograph (a 2d image of the patient’s whole dentition). We even have digital scanners that can create a 3-D map of the inside surfaces of a patient’s mouth.
I love imaging technology of all sorts, but I particularly love printing. My passion for printing and print technologies was instilled in me very early by my father who worked as a manager at Europe’s (then) biggest manufacturer of flexible packaging.
When I trained as a dental nurse I spent 18 months working for a large chain of dental practices, and although I worked at two locations 30 miles or so apart, they used the same software
One day a couple of years ago, I looked up from my desk, glanced at a paper, and discovered that someone had invented 3D-Printing. Except they hadn’t.
Industria Grafica has quoted Brian Minards, Precision PR’s branding and graphic design associate. Brian discusses the part that graphic design will play at this year’s IPEX 2017 exhibition.