Abstract
Well-established methods for reconstruction of maxillofacial bone defects include the use of autologous (non-) vascularized bone grafts. The drawbacks of these procedures are associated with donor site morbidity, intra-operative morbidity, and prolonged hospitalization (Shao et al., 2018; Maroulakos et al., 2019). Advances in the field of bone tissue engineering (BTE) over the past decades offer promising new treatment alternatives using biocompatible scaffold materials, autologous cells and growth factors. Combining BTE with recent advances in 3-dimensional (3D) printing technologies may soon allow manufacturing of large, bioartificial bone grafts with patient-specific architecture (Shao et al., 2018; Maroulakos et al., 2019). The aim of this study was to summarize the published cases, using 3D-printed devices and/or tissue engineered scaffolds to reconstruct bone defects of the jaws.
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