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Dr Varun Tyagi is a medical doctor who practices in India and writes about remarkable and historical landmarks throughout the medical world.  Dr Varun believes that 3D printing can help democratize medical care, making medical devices affordable and available to everyone on the planet.

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Cancer Patient with destroyed Nose recovers with 3D Printing

Jerry Faber, a patient of cancer underwent multiple surgeries to correct his facial anatomy, however, they failed to recover the disrupted nose he had been left with. Dr. Travis Bellicchi, a fourth-year maxillofacial prosthodontics resident at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, considered the case and 3D Scanned Faber’s face, creating a digital model and then 3D Printing the perfect nasal part for Faber which was implanted within 24hrs.

 

Source: https://news.iu.edu/stories/2017/11/iupui/releases/16-digital-artificial-facial-parts.html