Description
Medical and dental applications represent a burgeoning market for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing. Rapid prototyping techniques have been substantially employed in dentistry, but the applications of rapid prototyping in prosthodontics is relatively less. Dental prosthesis can be fabricated layer by layer directly from a computer model easily & rapidly by various rapid prototyping techniques without part- specific tooling & human intervention. This technique is a revolutionary change for the dental prosthesis fabrication. With research and development of the diversity of rapid prototyping systems & correspondingly built materials, it is possible to generate different kinds of dental prostheses for different application. These applications include dental prosthesis wax pattern, dental (facial) prosthesis mold (shell), dental metal prosthesis & zirconia prosthesis.
