Highlights•Prostheses can be personalized using advanced 3D scanning technologies.•3D
surface scanning is an emerging trend for capturing patient anatomy.•Automated workflows …

The biomedical applications of silicones are countless due to their outstanding properties. In
dentistry, silicone for maxillofacial and plastic surgery has become indispensable, from both …

Although deterioration of silicone maxillofacial prostheses is severely accentuated in
smoking patients, the phenomenon has not been systematically studied. To address a gap …

Aim To investigate the hardness and energy absorption of four commercially available
chairside types of silicone materials and compare their properties with heat-cured silicone …

Artificial devices known as prosthetics are used to augment or replace missing or injured
bodily components. Due to their biocompatibility, flexibility, durability, and simplicity of …

Maxillofacial prostheses have traditionally been manufactured by pouring silicone into
molds. However, the development of computer-aided design and computer-aided …

Aim This study aimed to review the scientific literature to describe the main care and hygiene
protocols for different types of maxillofacial prostheses (MFP). Methods A bibliographic …

Polyurethanes (PU) have a wide variety of applications due to possessing tailored
properties which can be imparted by composition. The combination of polyols in different …

Planar biaxial testing offers a physiologically relevant approach for mechanically
characterizing thin deformable soft tissues, but often relies on erroneous assumptions of …

There are several enviable attributes of titanium and its alloys that contribute to their
popularity in biomedical devices and equipment, including their rather low modulus …