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Designing CAD/CAM Surgical Guides for Maxillary Reconstruction Using an In-house Approach
Published on: August 24, 2018
"3D printed locator guides"; Fusion deposited starch guides for surgical removal of impacted maxillary teeth
G A Adersh1, L K Surej Kumar1, Nikhil M Kurien1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, P.M.S College of Dental Science (under Kerala University of Health, Science), Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
The rapid prototyping technology helped to convert the virtual surgical plans into action by the help of fusion deposition techniques. Starch based polymers like PLA (Poly lactic acid) are commonly used in the field of tissue engineering for making scaffolds. In dentistry its use is limited because of lack of precision. We tried to make a 3D printed locator guide for surgical removal of impacted maxillary premolar by using a starch based polymer.
