Abstract
Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, is gaining increasing attention in medical fields, especially in dental and implant areas. Because AM technologies have many advantages in comparison with traditional technologies, such as the ability to manufacture patient-specific complex components, high material utilization, support of tissue growth, and a unique customized service for individual patients, AM is considered to have a large potential market in medical fields. This brief review presents the recent progress of 3D-printed biomedical materials for bone applications, mainly for metallic materials, including multifunctional alloys with high strength and low Young’s modulus, shape memory alloys, and their 3D fabrication by AM technologies. It describes the potential of 3D printing techniques in precision medicine and community health.
RAS ID
25880
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
12-1-2017
School
School of Engineering / School of Medical and Health Sciences
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Publisher
Compuscript
Comments
Liu, Y., Wang, W., & Zhang, L. C. (2017). Additive manufacturing techniques and their biomedical applications. Family Medicine and Community Health,
https://doi.org/10.15212/FMCH.2017.0110