Binder Jetting of Custom Silicone Powder for Direct Three-Dimensional Printing of Maxillofacial Prostheses
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Abstract
Recent advances in digital workflow have transformed clinician's ability to offer patient-specific devices for medical and dental applications. However, the digital workflow of patient-specific maxillofacial prostheses (MFP) remains incomplete, and several steps in the manufacturing process are still labor-intensive and are costly in both time and resources. Despite the high demand for direct digital MFP manufacturing, three-dimensional (3D) printing of colored silicone MFP is limited by the processing routes of medical-grade silicones and biocompatible elastomers. In this study, a binder jetting 3D printing process with polyvinyl butyral (PVB)-coated silicone powder was developed for direct 3D printing of MFP. Nanosilica-treated silicone powder was spray dried with PVB by controlling the Ohnesorge number and processing parameters. After printing, the interconnected pores were infused with silicone and hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS) by pressure-vacuum sequential infiltration to produce the final parts. Particle size, coating composition, surface treatment, and infusion conditions influenced the mechanical properties of the 3D-printed preform, and of the final infiltrated structure. In addition to demonstrating the feasibility of using silicone powder-based 3D printing for MFP, these results can be used to inform the modifications required to accommodate the manufacturing of other biocompatible elastomeric materials.
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OpenAlex topics: Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques · Soft Robotics and Applications · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
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Affiliations
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Department of Oral Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Department of Bioengineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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