Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O.Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Operative Dentistry, Department of General Dentistry, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Clin Oral Investig. 2023 Jun;27(6):2465-2481. doi: 10.1007/s00784-023-04983-7. Epub 2023 Apr 5.
The aim of this review to overview three-dimensional (3D) printing technologies available for different dental disciplines, considering the applicability of such technologies and materials development.
Source Arksey and O'Malley's five stages framework using PubMed, EMBASE, and Scopus (Elsevier) databases managed this review. Papers focusing on 3D printing in dentistry and written in English were screened. Scientific productivity by the number of publications, areas of interest, and the focus of the investigations in each dental discipline were extracted.
Nine hundred thirty-four studies using 3D printing in dentistry were assessed. Limited clinical trials were observed, especially in Restorative, endodontics, and pediatric dentistry. Laboratory or animal studies are not reliable for clinical success, suggesting that clinical trials are a good approach to validate the new methods' outcomes and ensure that the benefits outweigh the risk. The most common application for 3D printing technologies is to facilitate conventional dental procedures.
The constantly improving quality of 3D printing applications has contributed to increasing the popularity of these technologies in dentistry; however, long-term clinical studies are necessary to assist in defining standards and endorsing the safe application of 3D printing in dental practice.
The recent progress in 3D materials has improved dental practice capabilities over the last decade. Understanding the current status of 3D printing in dentistry is essential to facilitate translating its applications from laboratory to the clinical setting.
本综述旨在概述适用于不同牙科领域的三维（3D）打印技术，同时考虑这些技术的适用性和材料的发展。
采用 Arksey 和 O'Malley 的五阶段框架，通过 PubMed、EMBASE 和 Scopus（爱思唯尔）数据库筛选出聚焦于牙科 3D 打印且用英文撰写的文献。提取文献中关于科学生产力（出版物数量、关注领域和每个牙科领域研究重点）的数据。
共评估了 934 项关于牙科 3D 打印的研究。观察到有限的临床试验，特别是在修复学、牙髓学和儿童牙科领域。实验室或动物研究对于临床成功来说并不可靠，这表明临床试验是验证新方法结果并确保收益大于风险的良好方法。3D 打印技术最常见的应用是为了辅助常规牙科手术。
3D 打印应用质量的不断提高，促进了这些技术在牙科领域的普及；然而，仍需要长期的临床研究来协助制定标准，并认可 3D 打印在牙科实践中的安全应用。
过去十年中，3D 材料的最新进展提高了牙科实践的能力。了解当前牙科 3D 打印的现状对于将其应用从实验室转化到临床环境至关重要。
