Australia · Asia · USA · Europe

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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 over 40 machines. Brand-agnostic. Plain-spoken. Quietly nerdy.

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machines tested40+

published reviews17+

continents5+

educating dentists6+ yrs

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01 / ManifestoAI3D/2026

Aspaceformetosharemypassiononallthingsdentaland3Dprinting.Brand-agnostic.Plain-spoken.Over40machinesonthebench,named.

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

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

Six years, quietly.

Quietly teaching clinicians and dental assistants since 2020. Workshops, study club, on-bench cases. If you want feelings, that’s what the cats are for.

Since 2020

AsigaSprintrayFormlabsRayshapeHeyGearsAckurettaPhrozenShining 3DDentafabBambu LabAsigaSprintrayFormlabsRayshapeHeyGears

02 / Reviews

Every printer, named.

Over 17 long-form reviews. The machine, the resin, the layer height, the failure modes, the verdict. Notes from the bench, not from the spec sheet.

Read all 17+ reviews

03 / Services

What I do.

Nine 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
Online troubleshooting for real cases. Failed supports. Warped arches. Off-axis builds. We work it out together, on the file.
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.

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. Over 40 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

Bachelor of Dental SurgeryAdelaide University
RACDS Membership (General Dental Practice)Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
Grad Dip OrthodonticsJames Cook University
MSc Implantology & Dental SurgeryInternational Medical College
Post Grad Dip Digital DentistryInternational Digital Dentistry Academy
Dip Oral ImplantsAustralasian College of Dental Practitioners

Machines printed on: 40+
Educating dental teams: 6+ yrs
Long-form reviews: 17+
Continents: 5+

Inside the lab

The Gallery

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05 / Study Club

B2D2 is the study club. Quarterly sessions for clinicians who’d rather print the case than slide-deck about it. Real cases. Real resins. Free in-person. Stream for a fee.

Next dates and past sessions live on the events calendar.

On the bench

Members printing real cases. Scan to seat.

Study Club

B2D2 membership

Members only · quarterly sessions

Quarterly in-person sessions in Sydney
All digital dentistry topics exposed — no secrets
Streamed or in-person
Direct line to Andrew between sessions

Become a member

Hands-on

Workshops

1–3 day intensives · Australia · Asia · USA · Europe

Live prints and demonstrations. We have nothing to hide.
Design, print, post-process. The entire workflow.
Oak benches. Real cases. Real results.
Practical tips and tricks from day 1

Reserve a seat

On-site

Practice install and training

POA · Australia-wide and international

Printer set-up recommendations and commissioning
Team training — clinicians, assistants, reception, lab staff
Workflow architecture from scan to seat
90-day post-install support

Contact Andrew

06 / By registrationDoors open after hours

Digital Dentistry After Dark

Small group training in Sydney. Welcome to The Arcade. Lights down. Printers and mills on. Catered and targeted hands-on learning. 1:5 teacher-student ratio. It doesn’t get more intimate than this.

Quiet by design. Off the public calendar. Drinks and disagreement encouraged. If you get distracted — we have 3D printed arcade games.