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Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing

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This chapter discusses recent applications and findings in additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, applied in oral and maxillofacial surgery. The reader will get an introduction to the basics of AM technology followed by oral and maxillofacial applications like printing of anatomical models and the design and manufacturing of customised implants. Recent research on the biological response of some AM metal alloys is also discussed at the end of the chapter.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgical Sciences, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical Faculty, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Jan-Michaél Hirsch

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

    Jan-Michaél Hirsch

  3. Department of Biomaterials, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Anders Palmquist

  4. Sports Tech Research Centre, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden

    Lars-Erik Rännar

  5. Clinic for Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery and 3D Print Lab, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Florian M. Thieringer

  6. Medical Additive Manufacturing Research Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hightech Research Center, University of Basel, Allschwil, Switzerland

    Florian M. Thieringer

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    Stefan Stübinger

  2. Institute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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  3. Institute of Photonic Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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Hirsch, JM., Palmquist, A., Rännar, LE., Thieringer, F.M. (2020). Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing. In: Stübinger, S., Klämpfl, F., Schmidt, M., Zeilhofer, HF. (eds) Lasers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29604-9_17

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