Ngihlale emibonisweni emithathu yemikhiqizo ngenyanga edlule futhi ngahamba nomcabango owodwa: ekugcineni sesidlulile esigabeni sokumangala. Udokotela wamazinyo wedijithali awufiki. Ufikile. Futhi uma usathumela imibono elebhu futhi ulinde amasonto amabili ukuthola umqhele, iziguli zakho sezivele ziyaqaphela.
Ake ngidlule kokunye okungasho lutho ngikutshele ukuthi yini ngempela eshintshayo ngo-2026.
Imakethe yamazinyo edijithali yomhlaba wonke ifinyelele cishe ku- $7.6 billion kulo nyaka. Esinye isibikezelo sithi izokhula ifike ku- $11 billion ngo-2030 (MarketsandMarkets). Esinye sithi ingxenye ye-CAD/CAM iyodwa ku- $2.7 billion ngo-2026 , ikhula cishe ngo-12% ngonyaka. Kungani? Ngoba ama-scanner angaphakathi komlomo akhona yonke indawo manje. E-UK, ngaphezu kwama-65% ezindawo zangasese zinayo, futhi ukuskena okugcwele kuthatha cishe imizuzwana engama-90. Iziguli zithanda imibono yedijithali ngesilinganiso esikhulu—akukho ukugabha, akukho ukugebenga. Ngikubonile lokho kushintsha mathupha.
Ukubuyekezwa okuhlelekile kwasekuqaleni kuka-2026 kubheke indlela i-AI esetshenziswa ngayo emisebenzini yedijithali. Okufanele ukwenze: isebenza kangcono njenge-pair yesibili yamehlo, hhayi njengenye indlela.
Ngokuphathelene nomklamo womqhele, okunye ukubuyekezwa kuthole ukuthi i-AI inciphisa isikhathi sokuklama ngo- 40% kuya ku-90% uma kuqhathaniswa nomklami we-CAD womuntu—ukulingana okufanayo, ikhwalithi efanayo, ngokushesha okukhulu.
Ukuze kutholakale imigodi, isibuyekezo se-scoping sika-2026 ku-AI ene-intraoral scans sibike ukuzwela okungu-88% kanye nokucaciswa okungu-91% . Lokho kungcono kunalokho iningi lethu elikwenzayo ngaphandle kosizo, ikakhulukazi ezilondeni zakuqala.
Kuma-implant, izinhlelo zokubeka eziqondiswa yi-AI ziya ngokuya zinembile ngokwesabekayo. Ukubuyekezwa kokuhlola izinhlelo zokuzulazula kubeke iphutha ngaphansi kwama-degrees ama-2 nge-engeli futhi ngaphansi kwengxenye yemilimitha endaweni.
Isibonelo esisodwa sangempela: I-DEXIS yethule i-DTX Studio Clinic v4.7 ngoFebhuwari 2026. Ithola imiphumela eyi-15 ehlukene yokuxilonga ku-X-ray eyodwa ye-2D, kufaka phakathi imiqhele, amabhuloho, kanye nemisele yezimpande. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-AI yomlomo ogcwele kushesha ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunangaphambili. Manje sebecubungula izithombe ezingaphezu kwesigamu sebhiliyoni ngonyaka emitholampilo engaphezu kuka-50,000. Lokho akulona uhlelo lokuhlola.
Nakhu lapho ngibona khona ushintsho olukhulu kakhulu lwengqondo. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi, ukunikeza imiqhele yosuku olufanayo kwakuyindlela yokumaketha. Manje iziguli zilindele lokho.
Umbiko wemboni kaJanuwari 2026 usho lokho kanye: ukulungiswa kwangosuku olufanayo kusuke ekuhlukaniseni kuya ekulindelweni okuyisisekelo. Futhi ubuchwepheshe bugcine bufinyelele esicongweni. Izinhlelo zokugaya eziseceleni kwesihlalo ziyashesha, zincane, futhi azidingi iziqu zesayensi ukuze zisebenze.
Imigqa yezitayela icacile—ushintsho olusheshayo, ukungacutshungulwa kahle ngemva kokucubungula, izinkinga zokulungisa ezimbalwa. Izinto ezingadingi umjikelezo omude wokwenza izinto zibe zimbi ziyaphumelela. Izindlela ezilula nezibikezelwayo zokusebenza zidlula ezinhle kakhulu.
Ngizokhuluma iqiniso: Bengilokhu ngingabaza ukuphrinta kwe-3D eceleni kwesihlalo isikhathi eside. Kodwa izinombolo kunzima ukuzishaya indiva. Imakethe yokuphrinta ye-3D yamazinyo yomhlaba wonke ilinganiselwa ku- $4.28 billion ngo-2026 , ikhula ngaphezu kuka-23% ngonyaka. Ngo-2031, ingafinyelela ku- $12 billion .
Yini eshintshile? Ama-aligners okuphrinta ngqo ayishintsho elikhulu ekusebenzeni kwe-ortho emashumini eminyaka—akukho mamodeli, akukho thermoforming, akukho trimming. Imikhuba iwukuphrinta nonogada basebusuku, amazinga okushisa, izingxenye zokufakelwa, ngisho nezihlalo ezigcwele ama-arches. Ama-resin angcono, amaphrinta ayashesha, futhi ukuhamba komsebenzi wefayela ukuze uphrinte ekugcineni akuyona into embi kakhulu.
Ngeke ngibhale yonke imikhiqizo emakethe. Kodwa nansi eminye eqhubeka nokuvela ezingxoxweni nodokotela bangempela.
I-gorilla engamakhilogremu angu-800 isalokhu iyi-gorilla. I-Dentsply Sirona inezitezi ezintathu manje. I -CEREC Go wet-grinds esezingeni lokuqala isebenzisa izinto zobumba ezihlanganisiwe nezihlanganisiwe. I-inlay ithatha cishe imizuzwana engama-90; umqhele cishe imizuzu emihlanu. Ihlala ngokuphelele efwini layo le-DS Core.€27,900 .
I -CEREC Primemill Light iyindawo emnandi kakhulu yemikhuba eminingi. I-four-axis, ama-motor amabili, izibambo ze-zirconia, i-glass ceramics, ama-hybrid, ama-composites. Ayikho imodi ye-Super Fast, kodwa ngokweqiniso abantu abaningi abayidingi. Mayelana€42,500 .
I -Primemill ephelele ingeza ezinye izinjini ezimbili kanye nezindlela ze-Super Fast kanye ne-Super Fine. Iqhakaza ngemizuzu emine. Cishe€55,500 uma ufuna ukungena konke.
Lena ingimangazile. Iphrinta ye-3D eseceleni kwesihlalo enokufakwa okuqondiswayo, ukulandelela i-RFID, kanye nokuxhumana okuhlakaniphile. Iphrinta imiqhele namabhuloho ngaphansi kwemizuzu eyi-10 ngezendlalelo ze-100 micron. Ipulatifomu yokwakha ifanelana nama-arches amabili. Intengo evamile icishe ibe€8,800 . Kumuntu ofuna ukunyathelisa eceleni kwesihlalo ngaphandle kokuchitha imali eningi, lokhu kufanelekile ukukubheka.
Sebeyigama eliqashelwa kakhulu ekuphrinteni kwamazinyo nge-3D. Izinhlelo zabo (Pro 2, Midas) zikuvumela ukuthi uphrinte amamodeli, ama-aligner, ama-surgical guide, ama-crown, nama-bridge. Ukuhamba komsebenzi wefu kuxhumanisa ama-scanner nezinsizakalo zokuklama kumaphrinta ngendlela eyodwa. Engikuthandayo: akusekho ukuxubha amafayela ngesandla. Engikubukayo: ukulungiswa okuhlala njalo okuphrintiwe eceleni kwesihlalo. Lokho kuza ngokushesha kunokuba abantu becabanga.
Imikhuba echumayo ngo-2026 akuyona leyo enamagajethi amaningi kakhulu. Yiyo enezindlela zokudlulisa ezihlanzekile kakhulu zedijithali. Iskena ukuze iklanywe ukuze isetshenziswe ekugayweni noma ekuphrinteni—akukho ukuthayipha kabusha, akukho ukuguqulwa kwefomethi, cha “ilebhu ayikwazi ukuvula leli fayela.”
Ama-workflow e-cloud axazulula buthule inkinga yokusebenzisana. Esikhundleni sokuphoqa wonke amadivayisi ukuthi akhulume ulimi olufanayo endaweni, i-cloud isebenza njengomxhumanisi. Akuyona into ekhangayo, kodwa iyasebenza.
Futhi izinto zokwakha ziyaqhubeka zithuthuka. I-Zirconia isibukeka kahle manje. I-hybrid ceramics ilungele kakhulu amakesi amaningi aseceleni kwesihlalo. Futhi ukulungiswa okuhlala njalo okuphrintiwe kusavela? Kusavela, kodwa umbiko wecala ka-2026 ku- Dental Tribune uqinisekisile ukuthi ukuphrinta kwe-CAD kanye ne-chairside 3D kungakhiqiza ukulungiswa okuningi ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Ngizokushiya nalokhu: uma usathumela yonke imiqhele, zibuze ukuthi kungani. Amathuluzi ashibhile ngokwanele, ashesha ngokwanele, futhi alungile ngokwanele kangangokuthi impendulo ayikwazi ukuthi “yileyo ndlela ebengilokhu ngikwenza ngayo.” Iziguli zakho azisalindeli.