Re:Surgery free, 3D printed implants
by kwhitefoot on Saturday June 03, 2017 @07:11AM
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There are fully automatic machines for making crowns (I have two made on such a machine), surely the process should be much the same.
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Re:Surgery free, 3D printed implants
by fractallyte on Saturday June 03, 2017 @10:12AM
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A crown is just the external part of the tooth. That's relatively easy to scan and reproduce. It's much more difficult to scan the root while it's 'in situ' in the jaw. Hence the careful extraction...