Design of Additive Manufactured Lattices with Graded Porosities for Dental Implants

Running head: DESIGN OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED LATTICES WITH GRADED
POROSITIES FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS
DESIGN OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED LATTICES WITH GRADED POROSITIES
FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Background............................................................................................................................3
1.2 Aim, Objectives and Research Questions..............................................................................4
1.3 Research Structure.................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Literature Review...........................................................................................................6
2.1 Additive assembling lattice structure in dental embed..........................................................6
2.2 Impact of evaluated porosities in dental implantation process..............................................7
2.3 Critical evaluation of the suggested process..........................................................................8
2.4 Lattice Structure...................................................................................................................10
2.5 Research Gap.......................................................................................................................15
Chapter 3: Research Methodology................................................................................................16
Chapter 4: Findings and Results....................................................................................................18
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations..............................................................................21
5.1 Conclusion...........................................................................................................................21
5.2 Future Work.........................................................................................................................21
5.3 Recommendation.................................................................................................................21
References......................................................................................................................................22

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1. Introduction
1.1 Background
Development of proper substitute for missing teeth is a long term research in dentistry. A
dental implant has been a biocompatible screw like fixture that has been surgically placed in
jawbone for replacing root of the natural tooth. The implant has been an anchor for holding
replacement tooth in place and safest techniques for missing tooth replacement.
Figure 1: Three-dimensional view of dental implant
(Source: Wally et al. 2015)
The lower part of implant has been inserted in the jaw and attached with jawbone. The
healing process helps in growing bone around implant and provides strong structural support for
the implant. The long term benefits of dental implants have been including enhanced appearance,
comfort, speech and self-esteem. The dental implant has helped patient in eating more
conveniently with time (Sing et al. 2016).
Added substance make innovation is successfully beneficial in printing the altered items,
making the innovation appropriate for orthopedic embed enterprises. Aside from that, the plan

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FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS
opportunity given by this specific innovation, upgrade the procedure of orthopedic implantation.
Then again, evaluated porosities materials are the heterogeneous composite materials, increasing
colossal consideration in the biomedical field particularly in the orthopedic embeds, for example,
dental implantation (Mehrali et al. 2013). Talking about the procedure of dental embed, the
specific is a capable action, which requires solid help of successful Osseo integration on the bone
surroundings for accomplishing powerful usefulness. As opposed to the mass structures, the
advantages of the reviewed interconnected permeable contains with giving bigger surface
territory and lower solidness giving increasingly bone embed adaptability (Thompson et al.
2016). This proposition planned to assess the advantages from the structuring of added substance
fabricated lattice with evaluated porosities in dental implantation.
1.2 Aim, Objectives and Research Questions
The aim of the research has been focused on the designing of additive manufactured
lattices with graded porosities for dental implants.
Following are objectives of the research:
 To identify the effect of lattice structure in the additive manufacturing of the dental
implantation
 To analyze the role of graded porosities in the dental implant process
 To evaluate process of using lattice structure with graded porosities in dental
implantation
 To recommend strategies for effective dental implantation using additive manufacturing
lattice with graded porosities
Following are the research questions:

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FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS
 What is effect of lattice structure in the additive manufacturing of dental implantation?
 What is the role of graded porosities in dental implantation?
 What are benefits of utilizing additive manufactured lattice structure with graded
porosities in dental implantation?
 How dental implantation can be enhanced using additive manufacturing lattice with
graded porosities?
1.3 Research Structure
Figure 2: Research Structure
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literature review
Chapter 3: Research Methodology
Chapter 4: Data findings and analysis
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations

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Chapter 2: Literature Review
2.1 Additive assembling lattice structure in dental embed
The present advancement of added substance producing is reflecting in building up the
novel utilization of various ventures; car, tooling and airplane business, yet in addition in
therapeutic industry, particularly the orthopedic division is picking up focal points of it (Wang et
al. 2016). Rather than the conventional techniques, the added substance producing give the
upsides of fitting the implantation in agreement to patient's self-sufficiency, which makes the
specific innovation a good one. Moreover, the grid structure is best known for highlighting the
space filling unit cell property, which can be utilized for easy decorating in any hub, disposing of
the cell holes (Helou and Kara 2018). In addition, the lattice structure is arranged in
understanding to the unit cell plan for giving better bone framework. The specific plan can be
comprehensively characterized into four classifications, for example, picture based, CAD based,
topology enhanced cell and ensnare surface (Mahmoud and Elbestawi 2017). This grouping exist
so as to quicken the implantation procedure in a superior manner. Aside from that, the utilization
of grid structure in the orthopedic implantation, can include more qualities, for example,
coordinated modules and solidness in the encompassing bone and tissue by improving the
specific procedure. In various maxillofacial alongside the distinctive dental technique require
acquiring early Osseointegration, which is the way toward holding of the titanium implanted
with the bone (Tan et al. 2017). The utilization of added substance assembling and configuration
can be adequately tackled so as to incorporate the intricate plan of the grid structure for
upgrading the dental implantation and increasing improved clinical results. As opined by Nakano
and Ishimoto (2015), the lattice structure in the orthopedic implantation is helpful in decreasing
firmness just as bring about expanding the muscle quality. Despite the sort of treatment, each