Application and prospect of three-dimentional printing in stomatology / 中华口腔医学杂志

Three dimentional printing is a new rapid prototyping technology based on digital model files, which developed through a combination of multi-disciplines such as information technology, precision machinery and materials science. With rapid development in recent years, three dimentional printing technology has been widely used in the medical fields, stomatology especially. It gradually penetrates into various parts of stomatology, such as education, practice and innovation, making stomatology clinical medicine more and more efficient, accurate and minimally invasive. Combined with basic research and clinical cases, this article describes the application and developent prospects of three dimentional printing technology in stomatology.