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A Postoperative Evaluation Guideline for Computer-Assisted Reconstruction of the Mandible
Published on: January 28, 2020
[Reconstruction [correction to Reconstrction] of mandibular bone defects by using the techniques [correction to
Zhen-Yu Gong1, Yan-Pu Liu, Shu-Xia Zhou
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Objective:
To evaluate the feasibility of designing and fabricating customized titanium bone substitutes to restore mandibular bone defects using reverse engineering (RE) and rapid prototyping (RP) techniques.
Methods:
Titanium tray for mandibular defects were designed and fabricated through multi-step procedures of reverse engineering and rapid prototyping, then in operation it was filled with cancellous bone and fixed.
Results:
The bone substitutes fabricated by this method had been successfully put into clinical use for maxillofacial surgery in 2 patients and got a satisfactory result.
Conclusions:
Reverse engineering combining with rapid prototyping could accomplish the design and manufacture of implant for the restoration of mandibular bone defects.
