In what's being called a first-of-a-kind operation, surgeons implant an entire titanium jaw made with a precision 3D printing technique. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

A patient with head and neck cancer received the first 3D-printed titanium lower jaw in a successful operation, according to an August 4 press release from the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NCI). The ...

Chewing could make Madison Longo of Little Silver miserable. But the 3D-printed tooth crafted by Dr. Gaurav Shah of Matawan ...

Typically with jaw reconstruction surgery, a bone is taken from a patient's lower leg and fashioned into a new jaw, but teeth aren't added. Later, patients can have dental implants placed during a ...

3-D printers are not just used for making plastic pirate ships and other toys. Now, doctors are using the technology for custom bone transplants. In June, an 83-year-old Belgain woman received a new ...

In a medical breakthrough, doctors and bio-engineers have collaborated to bring the world its first lower jaw transplants, using a prosthetic jaw made by a 3D printer. An 83-year-old Belgian woman ...