Development of a customisable 3D-printed intra-oral stent for head-and-neck radiotherapy

Development of a customisable 3D-printed intra-oral stent for head-and-neck radiotherapy

Intra-oral stents (including mouth-pieces and bite blocks) can be used to displace adjacent non-involved oral tissue and reduce radiation side effects from radiotherapy treatments for head-and-neck cancer. In this study, a modular and customisable 3D printed intra-oral stent was designed, fabricated...

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Main Authors: Susannah Cleland, Scott B. Crowe, Philip Chan, Benjamin Chua, Jodi Dawes, Lizbeth Kenny, Charles Y. Lin, William R. McDowall, Elise Obereigner, Tania Poroa, Kate Stewart, Tanya Kairn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Head and neck neoplasms
Radiation therapy
Additive manufacture
Fused deposition modelling
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405632422000191

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