Design and manufacture of customised protective facial sports splints.

نویسندگان

  • M A Kittur
  • L A Dovgalski
  • P L Evans
  • S J Key
چکیده

ractures to the bones of the facial skeleton are common njuries sustained in contact sports.1 For professionals, the rolonged recovery from such a bony injury may have both nancial and psychological consequences. Facial splints, asks,2 or shields3 have previously been reported as adjuncts hat provide protection to the bony prominences of the face nd may allow a more speedy return to the field of play. We escribe a simplified procedure for the fabrication of these plints. The combined use of a three-dimensional surface scanning ystem, stereolithographic models, and rapid prototyping llows for the construction of an accurate custom-made proective facial splint.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery

دوره 50 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012