[Application of three-dimensional printing technique in repair and reconstruction of maxillofacial bone defect].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the application of three-dimensional (3-D) printing technique in repair and reconstruction of maxillofacial bone defect.


METHODS
The related literature on the recent advance in the application of 3-D printing technique for repair and reconstructing maxillofacial bone defect was reviewed and summarized in the following aspects: 3-D models for teaching, preoperative planning, and practicing; surgical templates for accurate positioning during operation; individual implantable prosthetics for repair and reconstructing the maxillofacial bone defect.


RESULTS
3-D printing technique is profoundly affecting the treatment level in repair and reconstruction of maxillofacial bone defect.


CONCLUSIONS
3-D printing technique will promote the development of the repair and reconstructing maxillofacial bone defect toward more accurate, personalized, and safer surgery.
Dan
D
Yu
Jianhua
J
Liu
Huiyong
H
Zhu
Zhiyong
Z
Li
Xu
X
Huang
Dong
D
Wei
Yi
Y
Lin
Jianfeng
J
He
Wenquan
W
Zhao
D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007568:Jaw / Q000473:pathology; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D011327:Printing / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed