3D Printers in Prosthetic Dentistry

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 191 - 196, 21.04.2025

Nurdan Bastem , Ceyda Başak İnal , Seçil Karakoca Nemli

https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.1514388

Abstract

CAD-CAM technology has been used in dentistry for many years. Its advantages over traditional methods include easy manufacturing, accuracy, and variety of restorative materials. While subtractive manufacturing performed with milling units; three dimensional (3D) printers are used for additive manufacturing during the computer-aided production procedure. The additive manufacturing process uses different approaches and a varied range of 3D printers. This review focuses on current 3D manufacturing methods, as well as their applications in prosthetic dentistry.

Keywords

3 dimensional printing, dental prostheses, maxillofacial prosthesis

PROTETİK DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİNDE 3B YAZICILAR

Abstract

Diş hekimliğinde CAD-CAM teknolojileri uzun yıllardır kullanılmaktadır. Geleneksel yöntemlere göre üretim kolaylığı, doğruluğu ve farklı materyaller kullanılabilmesi gibi avantajları bulunmaktadır. Bilgisayar destekli üretim aşamasında kazıyıcılar ile eksiltmeli, üç boyutlu (3B) yazıcılar ile eklemeli üretim yapılabilmektedir. Eklemeli üretim sürecinde kullanılan bir çok yöntem ve çok çeşitli 3B yazıcılar bulunmaktadır. Bu derlemede mevcut 3B yazıcılar ve üretim yöntemleri ele alınırken, protetik diş tedavisindeki kullanım alanları da açıklanmaktadır.

Keywords

3 boyutlu printing, diş protezi, maksillofasiyal protez

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