Plastic Surgery restores unique human qualities such as appearance, speech (palate), hands, to improve interaction with others and quality of life. Three-dimensional printing technology can be applied to Plastic Surgery craniomaxillofacial operations to change the bony skeleton of the skull, face, and jaws. Three-dimensional printing for patient-specific applications have four types: Type I contour models, Type II guides, Type III splints, Type IV implants. Plastic Surgery innovation in 3D printing clinical applications are described here and https://www.slucare.edu/newsroom/kmov-science-of-healing-faces-of-childhood.php.
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