Sponsored case study: Beyond the X-ray - ZPrinted 3D models improve surgical results for customers of Planmeca Oy
An X-ray tells doctors a lot about a patient's anatomy. But surgery takes place in three dimensions, and an X-ray is ultimately nothing more than a picture. Surgeons would benefit significantly from tangible physical models of patients' bones, precisely rendered in real size.
Three-dimensional printing technology is now providing such models on demand from 3D X-ray data, enabling maxillofacial surgeons to better plan their operations, shorten procedure time, lower costs, and, most importantly, improve results.
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