Dawood A, Marti Marti B, Sauret-Jackson V, Darwood A
Dawood and Tanner Dental Practice, 45 Wimpole St, London, W1G 8SB.
Cavendish Imaging, London, 109 Harley St, London, W1.
Br Dent J. 2015 Dec;219(11):521-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.914.
3D printing has been hailed as a disruptive technology which will change manufacturing. Used in aerospace, defence, art and design, 3D printing is becoming a subject of great interest in surgery. The technology has a particular resonance with dentistry, and with advances in 3D imaging and modelling technologies such as cone beam computed tomography and intraoral scanning, and with the relatively long history of the use of CAD CAM technologies in dentistry, it will become of increasing importance. Uses of 3D printing include the production of drill guides for dental implants, the production of physical models for prosthodontics, orthodontics and surgery, the manufacture of dental, craniomaxillofacial and orthopaedic implants, and the fabrication of copings and frameworks for implant and dental restorations. This paper reviews the types of 3D printing technologies available and their various applications in dentistry and in maxillofacial surgery.
3D打印被誉为一项将改变制造业的颠覆性技术。3D打印应用于航空航天、国防、艺术和设计领域，正成为外科手术中备受关注的课题。该技术与牙科有着特殊的共鸣，并且随着锥束计算机断层扫描和口腔内扫描等3D成像和建模技术的进步，以及CAD CAM技术在牙科领域相对悠久的使用历史，它将变得越来越重要。3D打印的用途包括生产牙科植入物的钻孔导向器、制作口腔修复学、正畸学和外科手术的实体模型、制造牙科、颅颌面和骨科植入物，以及制作植入物和牙齿修复体的顶盖和框架。本文综述了现有的3D打印技术类型及其在牙科和颌面外科的各种应用。
