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Custom 3D printed orthodontic brackets provider LightForce Orthodontics has launched LightBracket Metal, a patient-specific 3D printed metal bracket the company describes as the first of its kind.

It extends LightForce’s individualized bracket system beyond ceramics and into the segment that accounts for 65% of orthodontic patients worldwide.

That is a meaningful shift in scope. A source cited by the provider states that the global orthodontic market is worth $4.7 billion, and metal brackets are what 65% of patients choose, including teenagers.…