Additive Manufacturing adoption in Dental Practices: state of the art and future perspectives

Additive Manufacturing technologies are changing the way products are created in many industrial sectors. The medical and the dental sectors are experimenting an increasing adoption of 3D printing technologies for the production of medical devices or surgical aids. In particular, the flexibility and mass customization possibility perfectly fit with the requirements of the dental sectors, opening new business opportunity. The aim of this thesis is to present the actual economical and technical scenario regarding the use of 3D printing in dental sector and in particular, in the dental offices.