This invention relates to ink-jet printing systems for making dental
products such as artificial teeth, dentures, splints, veneers, inlays,
onlays, copings, frame patterns, crowns and bridges and the like. An
ink-jet printer is used to discharge wax-like polymerizable material in a
layer-by-layer manner to build-up the object. In other methods, a heated
capillary or dropper can be used to apply the polymerizable material. The
resulting three-dimensional object has good dimensional stability. Light
irradiation can be used to cure and harden the material, thereby
producing the final dental product.