Evaluating patients' satisfaction level after using 3D printed PEEK facial implants in repairing maxillofacial deformities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

it is generally the case in any traumatic accident where a loss in hard tissue occurs to preform restorative plastic surgery, as there are many materials and approaches used to restore the loss, this research sheds the light on the use of one such material and approach being 3D printed facial implants manufactured from PolyEther Ether Ketone (PEEK) and to evaluate the level of patients' satisfaction following the use of said method in repairing maxillofacial deformities.

Materials and methods

a research sample consisting of 10 patients with facial deformities underwent maxillofacial reconstructive surgery between 2020 and 2021 in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Tishreen University Hospital - Latakia - Syria. All patients underwent Computed

SUBMITTER: Ahmad AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289507 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature