3D printing: Current applications and perspectives – by Dr Carlo Mangano
2021 is Planmeca’s 50th anniversary. As part of the milestone year, we are publishing a series of articles written by our own specialists and by dental experts from around the world. In this article, Dr Carlo Mangano, President of Digital Dentistry Society (DDS), takes us through the fundamentals of 3D printing, what dentists can expect of digital dental technology in the future and his advice to anyone thinking of making the digital leap. Digital technologies are rapidly spreading in dentistry. Tools, such as intraoral and laboratory scanners, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT),