Solvay has forayed into medical devices building on its portfolio of high-performance polymers with a new dental care business line. Solvay Dental 360 spans from an innovative material to replace metal in removable partial denture frames, to enabling a digital workflow that accelerates the work of dental laboratories and dentists.
Removable partial denture (RPD) frames replace missing teeth and are typically made of metal. Under Solvay Dental 360, the company’s new high-performance material allows for metal-free, biocompatible, more comfortable, natural-looking RPD frames which are over 60-percent lighter than a metal frame.
Solvay uses its new Ultaire AKP (aryl ketone polymer) material to