Properties of CAD/CAM 3D Printing Dental Materials and Their Clinical Applications in Orthodontics: Where Are We Now?

In the last years, both medicine and dentistry have come across a revolution represented by the introduction of more and more digital technologies for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Additive manufacturing is a relatively new technology consisting of a computer-aided design and computer-ai...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 551
Main Authors Scribante, Andrea, Gallo, Simone, Pascadopoli, Maurizio, Canzi, Pietro, Marconi, Stefania, Montasser, Mona A., Bressani, Davide, Gandini, Paola, Sfondrini, Maria Francesca
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2022
Subjects
3-D printers
3D printing
Additive manufacturing
Bibliometrics
CAD/CAM
CAM
Computer aided manufacturing
Curing
Data acquisition
Dental materials
Dentistry
Digital data
Digitization
Laser sintering
Light
manufacturing
Mechanical properties
New technology
orthodontic appliances
Orthodontics
Polymers
Rapid prototyping
Stainless steel
Therapeutic applications
Workflow
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Summary:In the last years, both medicine and dentistry have come across a revolution represented by the introduction of more and more digital technologies for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Additive manufacturing is a relatively new technology consisting of a computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) workflow, which allows the substitution of many materials with digital data. This process requires three fundamental steps represented by the digitalization of an item through a scanner, the editing of the data acquired using a software, and the manufacturing technology to transform the digital data into a final product, respectively. This narrative review aims to discuss the recent introduction in dentistry of the abovementioned digital workflow. The main advantages and disadvantages of the process will be discussed, along with a brief description of the possible applications on orthodontics.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app12020551