Characterization of wear in additively manufactured dental implants through fusion of multiscale metrological techniques

在大多数工程领域，添加剂制造正在经历指数级的增长。在个性化设备对患者有很大好处的医学工程中，人们感受到了很大的影响。在这方面处于领先地位的一个领域是牙科。要想充分利用AM牙科植入物的任何优势，需要了解AM牙科植入物的性能。创建一个可以分析磨损性能的闭环过程，将允许进一步优化植入物制造过程，并允许开发合适的实验室测试和筛查方案。创建这个反馈给制造商和临床医生的闭环过程是本博士学位的基础。

"Additive manufacturing is experiencing exponential growth across most sectors of engineering. High impact is felt in medical engineering where personalised devices have great benefit to patients.One area that is taking the lead in this respect is dentistry. For any advantages to be fully exploited the performance of AM dental implants needs to be understood. Creation of a closed loop process in which wear performance can be analysed will allow for further optimisation of the implant manufacturing process and allow for the development of suitable laboratory testing and screening protocols. Creation of this closed loop process which feeds back to both manufacturers and clinicians is the basis of this PhD."