3d printed plates based on generative design biomechanically outperform manual digital fitting and conventional systems printed in photopolymers in bridging mandibular bone defects of critical size in dogs

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Due to the even smaller bone volume and the delicate structures in the mandibular bone (tooth roots, nerves, vessels), the fixation of normal metal plate/screw configurations may result in damage of these vital structures. Due to the property of the photopolymers used and the small thickness of the plates (D1, D2), the authors have omitted the design of the threads inside the plates, unlikely to titanium locking plates. Although compared to all others, mandible-plate constructs with D4 were over three times stronger without screw failure, it is reasonable to assume that the . . .

 



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