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Handbook of Polymer and Ceramic Nanotechnology pp 1–22Cite as

3D Printing of Bioactive Devices for Clinical Medicine Applications

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3D printing is rapidly improving the effectiveness of medical practice and will create many new treatment options including “personalized medical solutions” over the next decade. This future is certain as improvements in 3D printers and a growing portfolio of new materials are being leveraged to rapidly expand the impact of additive manufacturing. 3D printing’s ability to make optimized and customized parts that are very precise and complex will usher in an era of improved and novel biomedical and clinical applications. Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is an additive manufacturing technique that uses readily moldable materials such as thermopolymers. It is also possible to additively manufacture metals and ceramics; however, fabrication methods must evolve to enable printing of all three categories of materials interchangeably. 3D printing of biomedical constructs is primarily done using various thermoplastic polymers. The ability to extrude thermoplastic filaments for FDM fabrication methods has led to the creation of customized and bioactive filaments. This book chapter will focus on current advances in 3D printing of medical devices with an emphasis on device functionalization directed toward specific diseases and disorders. Specific sections will address the medical applications of 3D printing biomaterials and technologies; 3D-printed biomaterials in clinical applications; the state-of-the-art developments in dental and orthopedic surgery; the commercial development of materials, tools, their applications, and future developments; and how 3D printing will impact our future.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to acknowledge the funding assistance provided by the Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) with the support of NIH NIDCR (U24DE026914) and the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network.

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    Antwine W. McFarland, Yangyang Lou, Anusha Elumulai & Ahmed Humayun

  2. Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, USA

    David K. Mills

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McFarland, A.W., Lou, Y., Elumulai, A., Humayun, A., Mills, D.K. (2019). 3D Printing of Bioactive Devices for Clinical Medicine Applications. In: Hussain, C., Thomas, S. (eds) Handbook of Polymer and Ceramic Nanotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10614-0_41-1

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