How is 3D printing applied in the medical field?

With the development of 3D printing technology, the application of 3D printing technology is more and more extensive, especially in medical treatment. At present, many dental clinics and denture processing institutes have introduced 3D printing technology, which can help dental clinics and denture processing institutes quickly realize high-efficiency and low-cost digital dental production. Let's share the application of 3D printing in dentistry.

First, the application in dental restoration.

Traditional denture processing mainly depends on the personal skills and experience of dental technicians, which is a labor-intensive work and relies heavily on the experience of technicians. Moreover, the working procedure is complicated, the production efficiency is low, and the dental mold will be reworked frequently. After using the 3D printing technology, the dental model can be directly printed by the 3D printer, and the dental model products made based on the dental model have small error and relatively fit, which reduces the problem that hand-polished products need to be reworked many times due to poor occlusion and avoids all kinds of waste caused by rework.

For example, the desktop 3D printer just launched by Haige Technology some time ago can help dental technicians to realize efficient digital small batch production. Doctors can design and produce their own dental products, such as dentures, which are convenient and efficient to operate. The oral scanner accurately obtains the patient's oral data, and transmits it to the denture processing institute for data analysis through remote real-time matching with the existing equipment in the clinic. After analysis and software design and typesetting, the denture processing institute feeds back the data to clinic, and doctors can import files into desktop 3D printers to make corresponding dental products. Patients can get some dental products customized according to their oral characteristics and use them on the spot within 1-2 hours at the earliest.

Second, the application in dental implants.

In the previous dental implant process, doctors would first open the gums, put a "threaded nail" on the alveolar bone to fix the dentures, then cut the gums and install the dentures on the "threaded nail". The whole process depends on the experience and judgment of the dentist, and it lasts for a long time, which has caused great trauma to the patients. After using 3D printing technology, doctors will scan the patient's mouth first, then design an implant operation guide plate that can adapt to the patient's dental implant position, and use digital software to measure the patient's tooth density, alveolar bone and other conditions in detail to design the best implant point, which greatly improves the safety of the operation, makes the operation more accurate and reduces the difficulty of dental implant operation.