3D PRINTING AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN DENTISTRY

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Dr. Mounika Basavaraju

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 faication 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. We also iefly discuss their possible adoption for periodontal regeneration.