Craniofacial bone loss arises from congenital abnormalities, trauma, or surgical resections.
The treatment of these bony defects imposes a large burden on the health services …

Craniofacial bone loss caused by trauma, cancer resection, or congenital diseases
significantly impacts patients' facial appearance. An estimated 20% of annual bone …

Background Bone grafting has been considered the gold standard for hard tissue
reconstructive surgery and is widely used for large mandibular defect reconstruction …

Craniofacial tissues are organized with complex 3-dimensional (3D) architectures.
Mimicking such 3D complexity and the multicellular interactions naturally occurring in …

The basic concepts from the fields of biology and engineering are integrated into tissue
engineering to develop constructs for the repair of damaged and/or absent tissues …

Background Considering the structural and functional complexity of the craniofacial tissues,
3D bioprinting can be a valuable tool to design and create functional 3D tissues or organs in …

The field of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) surgery is rich in pathological diversity and broad in
the ages that it treats. Moreover, the CMF skeleton is a complex confluence of sensory …

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) printing of scaffolds for tissue engineering applications has
grown substantially in the past two decades. Unlike conventional autografts and allografts …

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a type of additive manufacturing that works by
the application of material inks layer by layer using data from computer-aided design (CAD) …

Trauma, congenital abnormalities and pathologies such as cancer can cause significant
defects in craniofacial bone. Regeneration of the bone in the craniofacial area presents a …