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Dental implantation was introduced as a restorative procedure to reinstate the teeth functions and put the patient in normal contour, comfort, speech and health. Dental implants have been used over the centuries and the production techniques have been developed over the years. One of the advanced technologies is additive manufacturing (AM) which en...
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... main structure of a tooth consists of a crown and one or more roots see Figure 2. The crown of the tooth shows out of the mouth and root is the part, which is firmly fixated into the jaw. ...
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... Beam Melting (EBM) printer was used to build an implant similar to the tooth geometry [61]. The printed implant is a one-component implant with 2 interfaces: implant/dental prosthesis and an implant /jaw bone, see Figure 12. It is believed that producing an identical implant to the original tooth will maintain the loading distribution on the jawbone and void any pre-insertion procedures such as boring and drilling. ...
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... DMLS process has a similar fabrication procedure to SLM with the difference in the deposition technique. In this process, the powder is only sintered together on a molecular level instead of melting, which result in less porosity in the fabrication component (Leary et al., 2016;Sing et al., 2016;Platek et al., 2020;Babu et al., 2020;Jiao et al., 2018;Gokuldoss et al., 2017;Suard, 2015;Elshaer et al., 2019;Yang et al., 2015;Chung and Das, 2008;Torabi et al., 2015;Habib et al., 2018) Vat ...
Lattice structures have become a universal three-dimensional design model that can be treated as an excellent candidate for energy absorption and light-weighting purposes. Development of recent fabrication techniques such as Additive Manufacturing (AM) has given further flexibility in design and fabrication of these porous structures. Although the topic of design and optimizing uniform lattice structures (ULS) have attracted considerable attention during the past decade, there is still a knowledge gap in the design of functionally graded lattice structures (FGLS). Due to the unique method of customizing the structural distributions and performances, FGLSs can have a multifunctional nature that requires further studies. This chapter reviews the fabrication methods, mechanical properties, and industrial applications of FGLSs fabricated via various AM technologies, as well as a comparison between the mechanical properties of ULS and FGLS.
Advances in areas such as data analytics, genomics, and imaging have revealed individual patient complexities and exposed the inherent limitations of generic therapies for patient treatment. These observations have also fueled the development of precision medicine approaches, where therapies are tailored for the individual rather than the broad patient population. 3D printing is a field that intersects with precision medicine through the design of precision implants with patient-directed shapes, structures, and materials or for the development of patient-specific in vitro models that can be used for screening precision therapeutics. Toward their success, advances in 3D printing and biofabrication technologies are needed with enhanced resolution, complexity, reproducibility, and speed and that encompass a broad range of cells and materials. The overall goal of this progress report is to highlight recent advances in 3D printing technologies that are helping to enable advances important in precision medicine.
