Indications of 3D printers in fixed prosthodontics

Abstract

Introduction: Fixed prosthesis are something essential for restoring aesthetic and functional occlusion and there is a large part of patient with missing tooth. It is more appropriate nowadays,when possible,to use fixed prosthesis instead of removable. And apart from this fact,3D printer is taking an important role in manufacture technique since long and,in dentistry,it is starting to be very used. Among all the manufacture technique some are very used in dentistry as milling which belong to subtractive technique but additive technique as 3D printing is getting more important; Objectives: the main objective was to give an overview of all the possible actual uses of 3D printer for dentistry and show the limitations and the possible future of 3D printing; Material and method: this study has been conducted using different criteria of inclusion and exclusion and some specific keywords. Only very recent article was used for the results and research were done on multiple database such as the library of the university or BMC; Results: for the results,different database has been used because of the specificity of the subject. The website of library of UEM and MDPI,BMC and Springer for example; Conclusion: as seen during this study,there are nowadays many uses for 3D printers in fixed prosthesis. Can be used for educational purpose to learn preparation for crowns or veneer for example but also,it can be used to make provisional that can serve also as mock-up. And probably in the future will serve to produce definitive fixed restorations as crowns thanks to the resins incorporating zirconia