A special liquid containing living cells, a structural material and growth factors, which allow the material to be transformed into pure biological tissue by cell reproduction. These special inks can be used in the same way as other materials in 3D printing, being extruded from the nozzle of a 3D printer.
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3D Printing in Bone Tissue Engineering: Bibliographic Review of Current Advances and Future Potential
Israel Barrutia Barreto (Innova Scientific, Peru), Lucio Arnulfo Ferrer Peñaranda (National University of Callao, Peru), Fabrizio Del Carpio Delgado (National University of Moquegua, Peru), Renzo Antonio Seminario Córdova (Innova Scientific, Peru), and Brian Alberto Chero Arana (Innova Scientific, Peru)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8871-0.ch011
Abstract
This chapter seeks to explore the current state of 3D printing technology in bone tissue engineering from the reflectibility approach, analyzing in more detail what this field consists of, as well as the materials and techniques mainly used nowadays in 3D printing. Likewise, the potential of this technique in the future is analyzed with the possibilities of improvement in the short and long terms. The research methodology used was non-experimental, documentary, and descriptive. The information was collected from indexed journals and web platforms using keywords such as “bone tissue engineering” and “3D printing” in search engines. Therefore, this chapter represents a very important and necessary source of bibliographic information to be able to carry out new research in this field.