Evaluation of direct and indirect additive manufacture of maxillofacial prostheses

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 226, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 718-728

  Eggbeer, Dominic ^a   Bibb, Richard ^b   Evans, Peter ^c   Ji, Lu ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

additive manufacture; computer aided design; Maxillofacial prosthesis; rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE; CRITICAL EVALUATION; EDGE QUALITY; FABRICATION METHOD; ISO STANDARDS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILICONE RUBBER; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED TECHNOLOGIES; COMPUTER AIDED-APPROACH; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURES; DIRECT FABRICATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FABRICATION; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL TESTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RESEARCH; SILICONES; 3D PRINTERS; MANUFACTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RUBBER TESTING; STANDARDS;

QUALITY CONTROL; PROSTHETICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84867851409     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411912451826     Document Type: Article

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