Uses of 3D printing and Bioprinting for pre-implant bone reconstruction in Oral Surgery

Pre-implant bone surgery in oral surgery allows to reconstruct maxillary atrophies related to traumatic, infectious or tumoral processes. In this context, the ideal biomaterial remains autogenous bone, but biomaterials (of natural or synthetic origin) allow to limit the morbidity linked to bone harvesting, and to simplify these surgical procedures. In this article, we illustrate how 3D printing technologies can be used as an adjuvant to treat bone defects of complex shape or to create anatomical models used to plan interventions. Finally, some perspectives brought by tissue engineering and bioprinting (creation of complex in vitro models) are presented.