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title: "Splints: Should They be Hard, Soft, or Both?"
description: Historically, splints have been hand processed, vacuum formed, injection molded, and even milled, but today, the technology almost mandates 3D printing.
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# [Splints: Should They be Hard, Soft, or Both?](https://info.whipmix.com/splints-should-they-be-hard-soft-or-both)

 Written by [Bernie Jaroslow](https://info.whipmix.com/author/bernie-jaroslow) | June 18, 2020

Historically, splints have been hand processed, vacuum formed, injection molded, and even milled, but today, the technology almost mandates 3D printing. That’s simply because the additive technology lends itself to dental labs who are processing more than one or two units in a day. But, more important than *how* they are made is *what* they will be made of. Should they be [hard](https://whipmix.com/products/verisplint-os-3d-print-resin/), soft, or a combination of both?

There is definitely a place for each of the options and it is a clinical decision based upon the splint application. Splints are most commonly categorized into three main types; hard, soft, and bi-laminar. Learn about each of the 3 types and their applications in the Blog [Splints: When to Use What.](https://info.whipmix.com/splints-when-to-use-what)

 

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