In recent years, 3D printing technology is often concerned by the medical industry. The reason is that each patient's body shape and physiological condition are different. The flexible production mode of this technology is quite suitable for the medical industry, which highly needs personalized application, and this is the advantage of 3D printer. Let's take a look at the application of 3D printing tooth model.
Take denture manufacturing as an example. Why was a denture so expensive in the past? The reason is that everyone's tooth structure is different. In the past, making a denture required mold opening, but after mold opening, it can only be used by one person, so the cost of a denture needs to exceed 10000 yuan.
If 3D printing technology is adopted, only the dentist needs to obtain the patient's tooth structure by using 3D scanning function, and the denture can be manufactured by using 3D printing technology; In contrast, the cost of denture can be greatly reduced after eliminating the mold opening procedure.
Take orthodontics as an example. The dental model made by 3D printing at the speed of light costs less than 10 yuan. It is an indispensable precision prototype for invisible braces manufacturers. Using the traditional dental mold manufacturing mode, the cost will be as high as thousands of yuan. Therefore, 3D printing technology will have certain advantages in the medical field in the future.
In addition to applications such as dentures, even "drugs" can be produced by this technology in the future. In fact, nowadays, many doctors or medical institutions emphasize the importance of "precision medicine", and the concept of precision medicine is to provide the most appropriate treatment for each individual through various patient information.
Because everyone's weight, height and other physiological conditions are different, the required drug dose is bound to be different; However, because today's pills and tablets are large-scale production and manufacturing modes, under the condition that doctors distribute the same drugs, everyone gets the same dose, which will cause some people to take more doses and some people to take less doses. In the future, if we use 3D printing of everyone's drugs, we can achieve the effect of "accurate printing".
So far, 3D printing is still dominated by niche industries with light service weight and special manufacturing, such as the manufacturing of space shuttle and national defense industry. The number of such application projects does not need to be too much, but the value it can produce is high.
We believe that 3D printing technology will promote the development of personalized medical needs. Whether it is orthodontics and restoration, beauty and plastic surgery, or clinical surgery, it can receive more benefits from 3D printing. This is why 3D printing has been favored by the medical industry since its birth.
