Posts Tagged ‘3D printer’
Kettering General Hospital announces £1.8 million project to expand maxillofacial and orthodontic departments
Health chiefs have confirmed funding worth £1.8 million for a new maxillofacial and orthodontic unit at Kettering General Hospital. The new facility will be approximately double the size of the existing unit and the department will be kitted out with the latest equipment, including a cone beam CT scanner, a 3D printer and an intra-oral […]
83 Year Old Undergoes Jawbone Transplant
An 83 year old woman has become the first person to undergo a transplant procedure using an artificial jawbone created by a 3D printer. Doctors and engineers used the latest laser manufacturing techniques to develop a custom-made metal jawbone, made from layers of titanium. The artificial jawbone was fitted into the woman’s lower jaw to […]
