Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Composites for Dental Application
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 418
Special Issue Editor
Interests: dentistry; maxillofacial prosthetics; 3D printing; additive manufacturing; CAD; digitization of education
* German Promotion (University of Tuebingen) for Dr. med. dent and German Habilitation for Privatdozent (Ph.D. equivalent) (Humboldt University of Berlin)
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Dear Colleagues,
Various polymer materials have wide applications in conservative and prosthetic dentistry, which until recently, were mostly manufactured in an analogue or subtractive way. As additive manufacturing is utilized in the dental field, it has become possible to fabricate composite and ceramic materials using 3D printing. The additive way of production also allows for the manufacturing of hybrid composite-based materials with ceramic particles. The 3D-printed ceramics and hybrid composite-ceramic materials provide new treatment approaches, as they make it possible to produce very fine and thin restorations that measure up to 0.1 layer thick, which was not possible in a subtractive way. This allows us, in some cases, to make the treatment less invasive. Recently, there have been some reports on the clinical application of 3D-printed composite, ceramic and hybrid materials for conservative dentistry and prosthodontics, which provide a direction for deeper research on this topic.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the advantages of 3D-printed composite, ceramic and hybrid restorations and to discuss their potential limitations. All studies into the application of such materials in conservative and prosthetic dentistry, dealing with their mechanical properties and clinical performance, are welcome for submission to the present Special Issue.
Sincerely,
Dr. Alexey Unkovskiy
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- composites
- ceramics
- hybrid materials
- additive manufacturing
- subtractive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- rapid prototyping
- SLA
- DLP
- LCM
- minimal invasive dentistry
- veneers
- laminate veneers
