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Novel and Emerging Materials Used in 3D Printing for Oral Health Care

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3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering

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3D printing is a revolutionary technique witnessed by the world in past some years and it has changed the face of almost all areas of life. A change in the paradigm from mechanical to biologic therapeutic solutions have been realized in health care, particularly, restoration of lost or damaged body parts with 3D printing. Oral health care is a wide scope area for immense applications from this latest technology. In order to tap the huge potential of 3D printing for dental applications, a great deal of research is going on for customized therapeutics catering to individual case conditions. Material science is undergoing tremendous growth to keep pace with the rapid rate of advances in imaging technologies for data capturing, information technologies devising newer design algorithms and devices and newer time and cost-effective printing machines. Diverse novel materials aimed at specific applications are being researched for providing optimized patient oral care. The current chapter provides an update of the materials used in most common oral health care applications and discusses the future trends and issues pertaining to material perspectives in oral health care management.

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Abbreviations

3DP:

3D printing

AM:

Additive manufacturing

FGM:

Functionally graded materials

FDM:

Fused deposition modeling

SL:

Stereolithography

SLS:

Selective laser sintering

PLA:

Polylactic acid

PLGA:

Polylactic glycolic acid

ABS:

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

HIPS:

High-Impact Polystyrene

TPU:

Thermoplastic Polyurethane

PET:

Polyethylene Terephthalate

PC:

Polycarbonate

SFF:

Solid Freeform Fabrication

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid

PVC:

Polyvinyl chloride

HA:

Hydroxyapatite

TCP:

Tricalcium phosphate

PPF:

Polypropylene fumarate

PCL:

Polycaprolactone

PEG-DMA:

Polyethylene glycol methacrylate

PEG-DA:

Polyethylene glycol diacrylate

PEP-DEF:

Poly(propylene fumarate) with diethyl fumarate

PVA:

Polyvinyl alcohol

PHBV:

Poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid-co-3-hydroxy valeric acid)

CHAp:

Carbonated hydroxyapatite

BSA:

bovine serum albumin

PEEK:

Polyether ether ketone

SLM:

Selective laser melting

EBM:

Electron beam melting

SMAs:

Shape memory alloys

SMPs:

Shape memory polymers

NiTi:

Nickel-titanium

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Kapoor, A., Chopra, P., Sehgal, K., Sood, S., Jain, A., Grover, V. (2020). Novel and Emerging Materials Used in 3D Printing for Oral Health Care. In: Singh, S., Prakash, C., Singh, R. (eds) 3D Printing in Biomedical Engineering. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5424-7_15

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