Creating customized oral stents for head and neck radiotherapy using 3D scanning and printing

Creating customized oral stents for head and neck radiotherapy using 3D scanning and printing

Abstract Background To evaluate and establish a digital workflow for the custom designing and 3D printing of mouth opening tongue-depressing (MOTD) stents for patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Methods We retrospectively identified 3 patients who received radiation therapy (RT...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Zaid, Nimit Bajaj, Hannah Burrows, Ryan Mathew, Annie Dai, Christopher T. Wilke, Stephen Palasi, Ryan Hergenrother, Caroline Chung, Clifton D. Fuller, Jack Phan, G. Brandon Gunn, William H. Morrison, Adam S. Garden, Steven J. Frank, David I. Rosenthal, Michael Andersen, Adegbenga Otun, Mark S. Chambers, Eugene J. Koay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Radiation therapy
3D printing
3D scanning
Oral stents
Head and neck cancer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1357-2

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