The effect of bone defect size on the 3D accuracy of alveolar bone augmentation performed with additively manufactured patient-specific titanium mesh

• Main Authors: Wei Yang (Author), Dan Chen (Author), Chao Wang (Author), Davide Apicella (Author), Antonio Apicella (Author), Yuanding Huang (Author), Linzhi Li (Author), Lingling Zheng (Author), Ping Ji (Author), Lizhen Wang (Author), Yubo Fan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective Additively manufactured (3D-printed) titanium meshes have been adopted in the dental field as non-resorbable membranes for guided bone regeneration (GBR) surgery. However, according to previous studies, inaccuracies between planned and created bone volume and contour are common, a...