The advent of 3D printing technology has revolutionized various manufacturing sectors, including the medical field, particularly in the production of prosthetic limbs. Traditional prosthetic manufacturing processes are often time-consuming and expens...
This paper presents the results of experiments conducted on a batch of additively manufactured customized prosthetic sockets for upper limbs, made of thermoplastics and designed automatically on the basis of a 3D-scanned limb of a 3-year-old patient....
Peri-prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) dramatically affect human health, as they are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Two-stage revision arthroplasty is currently the gold standard treatment for PJI and consists of infected implan...
This research presents an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven 3D scanning and printing system for the fabrication of personalized dental prosthetics, implants, and orthodontic appliances. The proposed system integrates high-resolution intraoral scann...
This case study focuses on scapula reconstruction using three-dimensional printing in a patient with low-grade osteosarcoma. Malignant tumors originating from the scapula often lead to destructive surgery, with poor functional status and quality of l...
Personalized medicine has become an important direction to offer better solutions for health problems. In implantology, this trend was materialized through customizing dental abutments to each clinical situation. The demands for better esthetics and...
Background/Objectives: Severe jawbone atrophy, particularly in elderly or medically compromised patients, presents a significant challenge for conventional implant placement. In cases where bone augmentation is not feasible, alternative techniques&md...
Background: Custom-made subperiosteal implants have re-emerged as a valuable option for the rehabilitation of patients with severe maxillofacial atrophy and post-oncological defects. Despite advances in digital workflows and implant design, their uni...
Background: Digital workflows in implant prosthodontics continue to evolve, yet standardized protocols integrating clinician-driven abutment customization and peri-implant soft-tissue conditioning remain limited. This pilot study aimed to present and...
The success of dental implant placement and prosthetic reconstruction relies on sufficient bone volume at the implant site. Contemporary implantology integrates prosthetic planning with implant placement, emphasizing the importance of pre-established...
Recent reports on secondary restorations with subperiosteal implants have demonstrated promising results in terms of esthetic and functional restoration. We report the case of a reconstruction of a total maxillectomy with a custom-made subperiosteal...
Introduction: Additive manufacturing has emerged as a promising solution for improving the accessibility and affordability of upper limb prostheses. Despite the growing need, traditional prosthetic devices remain costly and often inaccessible, partic...
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, particularly laser powder bed fusion, are being increasingly recognized not as brand-new technologies, but as emerging technologies with their recent advancements—such as the development of optimize...
Background/Objectives: Dental implants represent a viable solution for replacing missing teeth; however, multiple disconnections and reconnections of intermediate abutments contribute to the apical displacement of the peri-implant connective tissue b...
The implementation of CAD-CAM systems in dentistry has significantly influenced the evolution of dental implantology and implant-supported prosthetics within the past three decades. Implant-supported prostheses are comfortable and aesthetic. The pros...
Dissatisfaction among upper limb prosthetic users is high, reaching over 70%, and 52% of upper limb amputees abandon their prosthetic devices due to limitations such as limited functionality, poor design/aesthetic, and improper fit. The conventional...
Three-dimensional printing has significantly transformed the design and manufacture of robotic prostheses, making these devices more accessible, customized, and functional. This paper examines the historical evolution of prosthetic technology, tracin...
Background: Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a technology capable of creating solid objects based on the reproduction of computerised images. This technology offers revolutionary impacts on surgical practice, especially in prosthetic and traumatolo...
The present short communication described a new procedure for the reconstruction of the horizontal severely resorbed edentulous maxilla with custom-made deproteinized bovine bone block, fabricated using three-dimensional imaging of the patient and co...
Total alloplastic temporomandibular joint (TMJ) replacement has become common. This in vitro study aimed to evaluate wear response of custom-fabricated electron beam melted titanium (EBM-Ti), zirconia, and acrylic TMJ parts when subjected to biomecha...
With the rapid advancement of robotic and intelligent technologies, commercially available prosthetic legs can greatly meet the functional capabilities of prosthetic systems for amputees. However, high cost, limited affordability, lack of customizati...
Recent advancements in biomimetics have spurred significant innovations in prosthetic limb development by leveraging the intricate designs and mechanisms found in nature. Biomimetics, also known as “nature-inspired engineering”, involves...
Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the pain and inflammatory response in soft tissues using healing and prosthetic abutments of different diameters and lengths. Methods: The study population was rehabilitated with Astra Tech EV s...
Background and Objectives: With increases in cancer incidence and the number of cancer survivors, the demand for cancer management is growing. However, studies on dental prosthetic treatment for patients with cancer are rare. We aim to investigate th...
Background: The new frontiers of computer-based surgery, technology, and material advances, have allowed for customized 3D printed manufacturing to become widespread in guided bone regeneration (GBR) in oral implantology. The shape, structural, mecha...
The development of novel materials will enable a new generation of prosthetic devices to be built with additive manufacturing (AM). Vacuum infiltrated sandwich structure composites are a promising approach for building prosthetic sockets via AM. In t...
This technical note aims to present a recently developed computer-guided protocol characterized by titanium-reinforced stackable surgical guides during post-extractive implant placement and subsequent immediate loading. A full maxillary edentulism wa...
Virtual surgical planning for CAD/CAM mandibular reconstruction by titanium prosthesis was recently reported for resected cases. Even if some advantages are evident, difficulties that may arise for TMJ function after reconstruction originate from pro...
Nowadays there are various prosthetic arm designs in the literature, the market, and CAD design websites, with different shapes, sizes, and degrees of freedom. Only limited options are available for controlling such prostheses. Prosthetic arm users r...
The customization and handling of implant abutments in prosthetic laboratories can lead to microbial contamination, requiring disinfection before clinical use. This study evaluated cross-contamination in abutments from three prosthetic laboratories,...
Today, older adults are routinely classified into different categories based on their degrees of independence. However, due to the extreme heterogeneity of this group, and the fact that ageing is a progressive process, older adults may require custom...
Total hip arthroplasty is one of the most common and successful orthopedic surgeries. Sometimes, periprosthetic osteolysis occurs associated with the stress-shielding effect: it results in the reduction of bone density, where the femur is not correct...
Objective: This article presents a step-by-step digital technique for fabricating a 3D-printed surgical guide to assist in alveoloplasty for immediate denture placement. Methods: The workflow integrates intraoral scanning, virtual tooth extraction, d...
The need to obtain adequate bone volumes for prosthetic rehabilitation supported by implants, using different techniques and materials, represents an urgent need in modern dentistry. We report a case regarding the management of implant-prosthetic reh...
Background/Objectives: Thrombocytopenia–absent radius (TAR) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the bilateral absence of the radius and thrombocytopenia, often leading to functional limitations and gait asymmetries. Prosthetic...
The purpose of the current investigation was to evaluate the clinical success of horizontal ridge augmentation in severely atrophic maxilla (Cawood and Howell class IV) using freeze-dried custom made bone harvested from the tibial hemiplateau of cada...
Background: Appropriate abutment selection according to the individual specificities of each patient is a leading factor in achieving high aesthetic results. Standardized titanium abutments are the most widely used due to their easy use and low cost....
3-D printing has entered the consumer market because of recent radical price declines. Consumers can save substantial money by offsetting purchases with DIY pre-designed 3-D printed products. However, even more value can be obtained with distributed...
Background: The natural motion of the human knee involves a combination of rotation and translation, resulting in a variable Instantaneous Center of Rotation (ICR) throughout the gait cycle. Traditional prosthetic knee designs often fail to reproduce...
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty presents itself sometimes as challenging when it comes to addressing massive bone loss, either in primary or revision settings. Custom components recently have made their way into shoulder prosthetics and are meant...
A custom-made prosthetic product is unique for each patient. Fossil-based thermoplastics are the dominant raw materials in both prosthetic and industrial applications; there is a general demand for reducing their use and replacing them with renewable...
Standardizing socket design and maintaining a default socket alignment in transtibial prostheses are innovations that aim to simplify fitting procedures and reduce prosthetic service costs, particularly in low-income countries. Objectives: This study...
Background and Objectives: Reconstruction of extensive acetabular bone defects in revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) remains technically demanding and is associated with a high risk of complications. Custom-made three-dimensional (3D)-printed impl...
This paper presents a novel hardware architecture for implementing real-time EMG feature extraction and dimensionality reduction in resource-constrained FPGA environments. The proposed co-processing architecture integrates four time-domain feature ex...
Ideally, dental implants should be placed parallel to each other and perpendicular to the occlusal forces. However, they might be implanted with undesirable angulations due to anatomic limitations such as proximity to infra alveolar nerve or maxillar...
Achievement of fit between the residual limb and prosthetic socket during socket manufacture is a priority for clinicians and is essential for safety. Clinicians have recognised the potential benefits of having a sensor system that can provide object...
Bone can be affected by different neoplastic conditions. Limb salvage surgery has become the preferred treatment strategy for most malignant tumors of the extremities. Advanced 3D printing technology has transformed the conventional view of oncologic...
The outcomes of prosthetic rehabilitation after lower limb loss are, in large part, affected by the effectiveness of the provided gait retraining. The noted prevalence of adverse long-term effects, such as further joint and muscle degeneration, sugge...
In the case of old mobile denture wearers, one of the main problems is related to the dentures’ retention and insufficient stability. Our goal was to improve support and stability using a different type of final impression, with different types of im...
Introduction: Nowadays, the final success of implantation is not only based on obtaining osseointegration of the implant but is also determined by achieving a satisfactory aesthetic effect of the soft tissues surrounding the implant, which can be def...
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