Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the Clinics
The rise of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has changed the face of dentistry over the past decade. 3D printing is a versatile technique that allows the fabrication of fully automated, tailor-made treatment plans, thereby delivering personalized dental devices and aids to the patients. It...
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| author | Sangeeth Pillai Akshaya Upadhyay Parisa Khayambashi Imran Farooq Hisham Sabri Maryam Tarar Kyungjun T. Lee Ingrid Harb Stephanie Zhou Yifei Wang Simon D. Tran |
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| description | The rise of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has changed the face of dentistry over the past decade. 3D printing is a versatile technique that allows the fabrication of fully automated, tailor-made treatment plans, thereby delivering personalized dental devices and aids to the patients. It is highly efficient, reproducible, and provides fast and accurate results in an affordable manner. With persistent efforts among dentists for refining their practice, dental clinics are now acclimatizing from conventional treatment methods to a fully digital workflow to treat their patients. Apart from its clinical success, 3D printing techniques are now employed in developing haptic simulators, precise models for dental education, including patient awareness. In this narrative review, we discuss the evolution and current trends in 3D printing applications among various areas of dentistry. We aim to focus on the process of the digital workflow used in the clinical diagnosis of different dental conditions and how they are transferred from laboratories to clinics. A brief outlook on the most recent manufacturing methods of 3D printed objects and their current and future implications are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d81497832584b338facfab33a90fb442023-11-21T08:01:48ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602021-01-0113115710.3390/polym13010157Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the ClinicsSangeeth Pillai0Akshaya Upadhyay1Parisa Khayambashi2Imran Farooq3Hisham Sabri4Maryam Tarar5Kyungjun T. Lee6Ingrid Harb7Stephanie Zhou8Yifei Wang9Simon D. Tran10McGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaMcGill Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C7, CanadaThe rise of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has changed the face of dentistry over the past decade. 3D printing is a versatile technique that allows the fabrication of fully automated, tailor-made treatment plans, thereby delivering personalized dental devices and aids to the patients. It is highly efficient, reproducible, and provides fast and accurate results in an affordable manner. With persistent efforts among dentists for refining their practice, dental clinics are now acclimatizing from conventional treatment methods to a fully digital workflow to treat their patients. Apart from its clinical success, 3D printing techniques are now employed in developing haptic simulators, precise models for dental education, including patient awareness. In this narrative review, we discuss the evolution and current trends in 3D printing applications among various areas of dentistry. We aim to focus on the process of the digital workflow used in the clinical diagnosis of different dental conditions and how they are transferred from laboratories to clinics. A brief outlook on the most recent manufacturing methods of 3D printed objects and their current and future implications are also discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/1/157dentistrydigital diagnosis3D printingadditive manufacturing |
| spellingShingle | Sangeeth Pillai Akshaya Upadhyay Parisa Khayambashi Imran Farooq Hisham Sabri Maryam Tarar Kyungjun T. Lee Ingrid Harb Stephanie Zhou Yifei Wang Simon D. Tran Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the Clinics Polymers dentistry digital diagnosis 3D printing additive manufacturing |
| title | Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the Clinics |
| title_full | Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the Clinics |
| title_fullStr | Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the Clinics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the Clinics |
| title_short | Dental 3D-Printing: Transferring Art from the Laboratories to the Clinics |
| title_sort | dental 3d printing transferring art from the laboratories to the clinics |
| topic | dentistry digital diagnosis 3D printing additive manufacturing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/1/157 |
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