How One Moment Redefined Precision, Confidence, and Control in Digital Dentistry. Community Voice: Sibi Mathews — Calicut, India By Samira Alrefaey We first noticed Sibi Mathews during a Blenderfordental course in India. While most participants were following the steps, Sibi was already thinking ahead—questioning details, refining workflows, and pushing the design beyond the exercise itself. Based in Calicut, India, Sibi works at the intersection of digital precision and clin

Something fundamental is changing in digital dentistry. It’s not just new scanners, faster printers, or smarter software updates. Those are visible. What’s less visible—but far more important—is a quiet shift in how  digital work is being done, and who  is really in control of it. Over the past few years, the industry has moved rapidly toward automation. Cloud-based platforms promise speed. AI-driven tools promise simplicity. Design proposals appear in seconds, margins are dr

Just when you think you’ve seen it all in digital dentistry, a story comes along that rewrites the rules of what true mastery looks like. That moment happened for us when we discovered the work of Gonzalo Cañas , a designer from Argentina whose rise into full-arch excellence is as unexpected as it is inspiring. This is the story of how he built that mastery…and why Blenderfordental remains the environment where his best work comes alive. We first encountered Gonzalo through t

When Blenderfordental launched its first module,  Model Designer , in August 2019, the software was installed in the same way most Blender add-ons were: users downloaded a ZIP file and manually imported it into Blender’s add-on section. For a time, this worked. Digital dentistry was changing, Blenderfordental was growing, and early adopters appreciated the freedom and affordability the software offered. But as the user base grew rapidly across countries, languages, and levels

When Blender for Dental first began, it was primarily English-based and technically driven. It centered around a core group of early adopters. This approach worked, but it wasn’t enough. Today, the story is completely different. We now see dentists from Egypt designing smile rehabs at midnight. Technicians from Brazil work on bars between appointments. Students in Germany learn aligner workflows. Entire teams in India explore their first surgical guide. Digital dentistry is