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3D-Printed Teeth in Endodontics: Why, How, Problems and Future—A Narrative Review

Three-dimensional printing offers possibilities for the development of new models in endodontics. Numerous studies have used 3D-printed teeth; however, protocols for the standardization of studies still need to be developed. Another problem with 3D-printed teeth is the different areas of literature...

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Autores principales: Reis, Tiago, Barbosa, Cláudia, Franco, Margarida, Baptista, Catarina, Alves, Nuno, Castelo-Baz, Pablo, Martin-Cruces, José, Martin-Biedma, Benjamín
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35805624
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137966
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author Reis, Tiago
Barbosa, Cláudia
Franco, Margarida
Baptista, Catarina
Alves, Nuno
Castelo-Baz, Pablo
Martin-Cruces, José
Martin-Biedma, Benjamín
author_facet Reis, Tiago
Barbosa, Cláudia
Franco, Margarida
Baptista, Catarina
Alves, Nuno
Castelo-Baz, Pablo
Martin-Cruces, José
Martin-Biedma, Benjamín
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description Three-dimensional printing offers possibilities for the development of new models in endodontics. Numerous studies have used 3D-printed teeth; however, protocols for the standardization of studies still need to be developed. Another problem with 3D-printed teeth is the different areas of literature requested to understand the processes. This review aims to gather evidence about 3D-printed teeth on the following aspects: (1) why they are advantageous; (2) how they are manufactured; (3) problems they present; and (4) future research topics. Natural teeth are still the standard practice in ex vivo studies and pre-clinical courses, but they have several drawbacks. Printed teeth may overcome all limitations of natural teeth. Printing technology relies on 3D data and post-processing tools to form a 3D model, ultimately generating a prototype using 3D printers. The major concerns with 3D-printed teeth are the resin hardness and printing accuracy of the canal anatomy. Guidance is presented for future studies to solve the problems of 3D-printed teeth and develop well-established protocols, for the standardization of methods to be achieved. In the future, 3D-printed teeth have the possibility to become the gold standard in ex vivo studies and endodontic training.
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spelling pubmed-92654012022-07-09 3D-Printed Teeth in Endodontics: Why, How, Problems and Future—A Narrative Review Reis, Tiago Barbosa, Cláudia Franco, Margarida Baptista, Catarina Alves, Nuno Castelo-Baz, Pablo Martin-Cruces, José Martin-Biedma, Benjamín Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Three-dimensional printing offers possibilities for the development of new models in endodontics. Numerous studies have used 3D-printed teeth; however, protocols for the standardization of studies still need to be developed. Another problem with 3D-printed teeth is the different areas of literature requested to understand the processes. This review aims to gather evidence about 3D-printed teeth on the following aspects: (1) why they are advantageous; (2) how they are manufactured; (3) problems they present; and (4) future research topics. Natural teeth are still the standard practice in ex vivo studies and pre-clinical courses, but they have several drawbacks. Printed teeth may overcome all limitations of natural teeth. Printing technology relies on 3D data and post-processing tools to form a 3D model, ultimately generating a prototype using 3D printers. The major concerns with 3D-printed teeth are the resin hardness and printing accuracy of the canal anatomy. Guidance is presented for future studies to solve the problems of 3D-printed teeth and develop well-established protocols, for the standardization of methods to be achieved. In the future, 3D-printed teeth have the possibility to become the gold standard in ex vivo studies and endodontic training. MDPI 2022-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9265401/ /pubmed/35805624 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137966 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Barbosa, Cláudia
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Baptista, Catarina
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Castelo-Baz, Pablo
Martin-Cruces, José
Martin-Biedma, Benjamín
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