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Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Polymers in Dentistry

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 3062

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Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, Texas A&M University, College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA
Interests: additive manufacturing; 3D printing; ceramic 3D printing; digital dentistry; esthetic and implant
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School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Interests: additive manufacturing; 3D printing; ceramic 3D printing; digital dentistry; esthetic and implant

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to invite you to submit a manuscript to our Special Issue, entitled “Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Polymers in Dentistry”. This issue is designed to reflect the latest developments in additive manufacturing technologies and applied materials for additive manufacturing in dentistry. Today, milling in dentistry is a proven manufacturing technique and is considered to be the gold standard; however, it has shortcomings and limitations. The use of additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, in dentistry is relatively new, and it presents many advantages, e.g., users are able to manufacture complex geometries and manufacture complete customized designs.

Although AM is an accepted, valid, and fast-growing manufacturing technology for use with polymers in dentistry, the need to print complex geometries with multiple materials with different physical and mechanical properties, acceptable surface roughness and accuracy means that research is still underway.  

Unlike polymers and metals, the AM of ceramics such as zirconia and glass ceramics is not a valid manufacturing technique in clinical dentistry. However, ceramics are well respected for their superior properties, and the dissemination of the newest technologies, innovations, creative ideas, and techniques is a great way to improve this promising and exciting manufacturing technology for ceramics in clinical dentistry.

We are inviting all manuscripts related to:

  • Improvements in AM technologies of resins and ceramics;
  • New applications of AM in clinical dentistry;
  • Improvements in applied materials for AM of resins and composites in dentistry;
  • AM materials for regenerative dentistry;
  • The AM of graded structures mainly for ceramics;
  • OR any other related research.

Prof. Dr. Amirali Zandinejad
Dr. Ramtin Sadid-Zadeh
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • additive manufacturing
  • 3D printing
  • 3D printing ceramics
  • 3D printing resins
  • 3D printing polymers
  • dental applications
  • AM of graded structure
  • AM of regenerative materials in dentistry

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Systematic Review
Marginal Fit, Mechanical Properties, and Esthetic Outcomes of CAD/CAM Interim Fixed Dental Prostheses (FDPs): A Systematic Review
by Hussain Al-humood, Amal Alfaraj, Chao-Chieh Yang, John Levon, Tien-Min Gabriel Chu and Wei-Shao Lin
Materials 2023, 16(5), 1996; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16051996 - 28 Feb 2023
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Abstract
This systematic review aimed to study the outcomes of CAD-CAM (milled and 3D-printed) interim dental prostheses when compared to conventional ones. The focused question of “In natural teeth, what are the outcomes of CAD-CAM interim FDPs compared to the conventionally-manufactured ones regarding marginal [...] Read more.
This systematic review aimed to study the outcomes of CAD-CAM (milled and 3D-printed) interim dental prostheses when compared to conventional ones. The focused question of “In natural teeth, what are the outcomes of CAD-CAM interim FDPs compared to the conventionally-manufactured ones regarding marginal fit, mechanical properties, esthetics, and color stability” was formulated. The systematic search was conducted electronically in the PubMed/MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EMBASE, Web of Science, New York Academy of Medicine Grey Literature Report, and Google Scholar databases by using the MeSH keywords and keywords associated with the focused question and limiting articles to those published between 2000 and 2022. A manual search was conducted in selected dental journals. The results were analyzed qualitatively and are presented in table format. Of the included studies, 18 studies were in vitro and 1 was a randomized clinical trial. Of the eight studies analyzing the mechanical properties, five studies favored the milled interim restorations, one study favored both 3D-printed and milled interim restorations, and two studies reported better mechanical properties in conventional interim restorations. Among four studies evaluating the marginal discrepancies, two studies favored the marginal fit in milled interim restorations, one study reported a better marginal fit in both milled and 3D-printed interim restorations, and one study found conventional interim restorations have a better marginal fit and smaller marginal discrepancy when compared to both milled and 3D-printed restorations. Among five studies that evaluated both the mechanical properties and marginal fit, 1 study favored 3D-printed interim restorations and four studies favored milled interim restorations over the conventional ones. Two studies analyzing the esthetics outcomes demonstrated better results with milled interim restorations compared to conventional and 3D-printed interim restorations in terms of their color stabilities. The risk of bias was low for all the studies reviewed. The high level of heterogeneity within the studies excluded meta-analysis. Most of the studies favored the milled interim restorations over the 3D-printed and conventional restorations. The results suggested that milled interim restorations offer a better marginal fit, higher mechanical properties, and better esthetic outcomes in terms of color stabilities. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Polymers in Dentistry)
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