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3D Printer, 3D Printing, Biocompatible, Dental, Doctor, Formlabs - May 17, 2021

3D Printed Teeth Models Support Dentistry Education at Home During COVID-19

Because pandemic made it very difficult for students to obtain teeth from dental hospitals or health institutions which are needed for their pre-clinical training, Assoc. Dr. Gülşah Uslu from the endodontics department at the Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey had to come up with creative ideas in order to continue providing practical instruction to dentistry students at home.

Read on to learn how Dr. Uslu and Dt. Halit Yosunçığır used Formlabs 3D printers to provide students with practical hands-on dental training, even in a remote learning environment.

3D Printing Nasopharyngeal Swabs - Philippines

3D Printing to Support COVID-19 Response Efforts Puzzlebox 3D with the help of Formlabs Inc. is dedicated to helping the medical community use 3D printing to address the COVID-19 pandemic and associated supply chain shortages. Formlabs Inc. has been working with dozens of hospitals, health systems, and government agencies around the world on various projects spanning COVID-19 testing, PPE, and medical equipment. As Formlabs partners and official distributors in the Philippines, we too have the capability to help produce Nasopharyngeal Swabs for COVID-19 testing. These have been tested by RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine) and has found them to be effective: excerpt...

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