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Breaking news:  CEO Erica Roger will lead the next phase of growth at LightForce.

July 16, 2026
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LightForce Appoints Erica Rogers CEO to Scale the Generative Braces Category

LightForce Orthodontics has appointed Erica Rogers as chief executive officer as the company enters its next phase of commercial growth. Rogers will lead the expansion of the LightForce Generative Braces system across an estimated $10 billion global orthodontics market.

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April 29, 2026
Ramblings From Dentristry's Technology Evangelist

Big news today from LightForce Orthodontics. The company is a pioneer in the 3D printed bracket market and continues to make serious advancement in the orthodontic industry.

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April 29, 2026
LightForce Launches First Patient-Specific Metal Bracket

LightForce Orthodontics, the company behind the world’s first fully individualized 3D-printed bracket, recently announced LightBracket Metal™ — the first-of-its-kind patient-specific 3D-printed metal bracket. The launch marks a significant expansion of access to individualized fixed treatment and establishes a new category of care: generative braces.

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April 29, 2026
LightForce Orthodontics unveils LightBracket Metal

LightForce Orthodontics has launched LightBracket Metal, the first patient-specific 3D-printed metal bracket, expanding its generative braces system to the roughly 65% of orthodontic patients worldwide who choose metal.

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April 28, 2026
LightForce Orthodontics Adds Metal Option to Its Generative Braces System

LightForce Orthodontics has introduced LightBracket Metal, a patient-specific 3D-printed metal bracket designed as part of its generative braces system. The system generates brackets from a digital treatment plan, allowing each appliance to be customized for an individual patient and tooth.

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April 28, 2026
The Shift to Generative Braces: Inside LightForce’s Launch of LightBracket Metal

Orthodontic Products: The launch of LightBracket Metal™ brings generative braces to the largest segment of the orthodontic market.

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April 28, 2026
LightForce Orthodontics Introduces Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Metal Brackets

LightForce Orthodontics has introduced LightBracket Metal™, a patient-specific 3D-printed metal bracket designed from an orthodontist’s digital treatment plan.

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May 6, 2026
Finding the clinical need hiding in plain sight

CEO & Co-Founder Dr. Alfred Griffin shares how LightForce is solving a clinical need that has been hiding in plain sight. And generative braces are the solution.

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April 30, 2026
LightForce Orthodontics brings 3D-printed metal brackets to market

When we last covered LightForce Orthodontics in August 2023, the Boston-based company had just closed an $80 million Series D round to scale production and advance AI in its workflows. Nearly three years later, the company launched LightBracket Metal™, a patient-specific 3D-printed metal bracket.

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April 30, 2026
LightForce adds patient-specific 3D-printed metal bracket

Built from a digital treatment plan, it offers three slot sizes and tooth-specific bracket bases for fixed orthodontic care.

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April 29, 2026
LightForce Orthodontics Introduces First 3D Printed Metal Brackets for Customized Orthodontic Treatment.

LightForce Orthodontics has launched LightBracket Metal, a patient-specific 3D printed metal bracket, extending its individualized bracket system beyond ceramics and targeting the 65% of orthodontic patients worldwide who choose metal brackets. This innovative approach aims to bring the same results as its ceramic system, cutting appointments and treatment times by up to 60% and 43% respectively, to the metal bracket market.

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April 28, 2026
LightForce Launches Innovative Orthodontic Metal Brackets

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.

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April 28, 2026
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LightForce Orthodontics launches 3D printed metal bracket

The company suggests the new product marks a 'significant expansion of access' to individualised fixed treatment and establishes generative braces as a 'new category of care.'

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April 28, 2026
3D Printed Metal Brackets from LightForce Orthodontics

Align has built a multi-billion-dollar business out of 3D printed thermoforming inserts that are used for silicone clear aligners that gradually align your teeth. That model has been copied by many, with companies trying to offer lower-cost solutions that work slightly differently. Now LightForce Orthodontics wants to do something that, if successful, could be very impactful and innovative.

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