ODS
Develops and sells proprietary 3D printing resins and printers for direct manufacturing of dental clear aligners, enabling a streamlined digital workflow from scan to finished appliance.
- CEO / Founder
- Park Sung-won
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- Undisclosed
- Latest Round
- Series A
- Key Investors
- 다산에스비에이재기투자조합 (Dasan SB Aegis Investment Union)
Technology & Products
Key Products
AlignMiracle (direct 3D printed clear aligner system); Dental 3D printing resins (MODEL, etc.); 3D printers for dental applications
Technological Advantage
Proprietary photocurable resin formulations and printing process for direct manufacturing of clear orthodontic aligners, protected by multiple patents (e.g., US11660814B2, EP4219570A1). The technology bypasses traditional thermoforming, aiming for improved accuracy and faster turnaround. Clinical validation through the ADA Forsyth Institute partnership is a critical step towards regulatory clearance and building a qualification-based moat.
Patent position
ODS filed 47 patent families across all years, fewer than every named peer. Applications rose from 88% of prior-window families to 100% in the recent window. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 28 families filed 2022–2024, 17 in 2019–2021
- Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
- Applications 88% → 100%
- Filed in
- KR 30%EP 28%WO 26%US 19%CN 13%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- Align Technology 200Dentsply Sirona Primeprint 68Formlabs 114Carbon 124
47 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Reduces clear aligner production time and cost by eliminating the multi-step thermoforming process, while improving fit precision through direct 3D printing of biocompatible, transparent appliances.
How They Differentiate
Focuses on a fully integrated direct-print workflow for clear aligners, as opposed to the dominant indirect thermoforming model. Competes on speed and potential precision, but lacks the scale and regulatory clearance of market leaders like Align Technology.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Dental labs, orthodontic clinics, and clear aligner manufacturers seeking to transition from indirect thermoforming to direct 3D printing.
Industry Verticals
Dental; Orthodontics
Competitors
Align Technology (iTero/Invisalign system); Dentsply Sirona; Straumann Group (including ClearCorrect); Formlabs (dental segment); Carbon (dental segment)
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
2024 revenue: 14.9 billion KRW; 2024 operating profit: -14.3 billion KRW; FDA 510(k) clearance for Clear Miracle resin obtained in September 2025; Material is used in actual patient treatment at Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital's orthodontics department; Business focuses on two areas: dental 3D printing resin development and application development.
Major Milestones
2017: Company renamed to '주식회사 ODS' and received Excellent Technology Enterprise certification.; 2026: Gold Sponsor and keynote presenter at inaugural ADA Forsyth Dentech-Asia conference.; Ongoing US clinical trials for AlignMiracle in partnership with ADA Forsyth Institute.
Notable Customers
Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital (중앙대학교 광명병원); ADA Forsyth Institute (clinical partner); Straumann (collaboration experience mentioned)
Recent coverage of ODS
- ODS signs BioCET supply agreement for AlignMiracle directly printed hybrid orthodontic appliancesceoeconomy.com
- ODS showcases Direct Printed Aligner brand AlignMiracle at SIDEX 2026 dental exhibition in Seoulgbnews.kr
- ODS Gold Sponsors ADA Forsyth Dentech-Asia 2026, Showcases AlignMiracle Direct 3D Printed Clear Alignerpress.mtime.co.kr
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 54
- Granted
- 22
- Families
- 47
Leading domains: process (54), application (52), software (23)
Filings by year: 2025: 2 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 1
- PROGRAM FOR DESIGNING CLEAR ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE BY USING COMPUTER04574086 · EP
- Phantom model of teeth set, method of evaluating scanning precision of scanner using the same, and method of evaluating 3D printing precision using the same12688795 · US
- METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORTHODONTIC DEVICE BY USING INSERTION PATH2024228520 · WO
- Transparent orthodontic device and manufacturing method thereof117979919 · CN
- Artificial tooth forming composition, artificial tooth manufacturing method and artificial tooth manufactured according to artificial tooth manufacturing method115835851 · CN
Funding rounds
- Series A2022Source: Public Records
- Venture Round2019Source: Public Records