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Published on: August 4, 2020
Recent advance in patient-specific 3D printing templates in mandibular reconstruction
Tingwei Lu1, Zhe Shao2, Bing Liu2
1The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Hubei Province, China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head & Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, PR China.
Abstract:
Patient-specific 3D printing template is used in mandibular defect reconstruction with multiple deficiencies. During the operation, the template can accurately transfer the preoperative design, assisting surgeons to complete the surgery with high efficiency and accuracy. The template design has been continuously improved to obtain good application for miscellaneous classification and description. This review attempted to preliminarily analyse and summarise recent advancements in personalized 3D printing templates in mandibular reconstruction from the aspects of functional classification, existing problems, improved strategies and post-surgery evaluation by reviewing studies and through our combined clinical work and experience on hundreds of reconstruction surgeries.
