Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (14): 2266-2273.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.14.022

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Three-dimensional printing technology preparation of bone tissue engineering scaffold materials in bone defect repair

Dang Ying1, Li Yue2, Li Rui-yu3, Wu Li-ping4, Guo Ya-jing5, Song Rui-jia1   

  1. 1 Xingtai Medical College, Xingtai 054000, Hebei Province, China; 2 Department of Applied Psychology, Chengde Medical University, Chengde 067000, Hebei Province, China; 3 Second Affiliated Hospital of Xingtai Medical College, Xingtai 054000, Hebei Province, China; 4 Xingtai People’s Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Xingtai 054001, Hebei Province, China; 5Shanxi Boai Hospital, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Received:2017-03-09 Online:2017-05-18 Published:2017-06-10
  • Contact: Li Rui-yu, Professor, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xingtai Medical College, Xingtai 054000, Hebei Province, China
  • About author:Dang Ying, Master, Lecturer, Xingtai Medical College, Xingtai 054000, Hebei Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Funded Project of Hebei Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 2012068

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bone tissue engineering plays a very important role in the repair of bone defects, which can deliver bioactive substances, promote bone tissue growth and repair bone defects. Bone scaffolds act as one of the three elements of bone tissue engineering. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology can achieve individualized bone tissue repair through customized artificial bone preparation.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the biological characteristics of several commonly used bone tissue engineering scaffolds and to explore the application of 3D printing technique in the construction of bone tissue engineering scaffolds.
METHODS: The literatures of PubMed and Wanfang database related to bone tissue engineering scaffold materials and 3D printing technology were retrieved from 2005 to 2016. The Keywords were “tissue engineering scaffold, bone defects, polymer materials, bioceramics, metal materials, composite materials, 3D printing” in English and Chinese, respectively, which would appear simultaneously in title and abstract. Repetitive articles were excluded and finally 65 articles were included in result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The commonly used bone tissue engineering scaffold materials include polymer materials (natural and macromolecule polymeric materials), bioceramics, and metal materials. According to the characteristics of the materials, composite materials made of different materials can compensate for the shortcomings of a single material, and then developed into new tissue engineering scaffold materials. For the tissue engineering bone production, 3D printing technologies include melt deposition technology, selective laser sintering technology, low temperature deposition manufacturing technology, and etc. When the 3D printing technology is used to prepare a bone tissue engineering scaffold, the use of powder or adhesive must have limited conditions, such as flowability, stability and wettability. Powder materials used for 3D printing can be divided into synthetic polymers, natural macromolecules, bioceramics and their mixtures, with different advantages and disadvantages. Ultimately, the bone engineering scaffolds produced by 3D printing technology have unique advantages in mechanics, structure and individuality, and have wide application prospect in the manufacture of bone scaffolds.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程

Key words: Biocompatible Materials, Stents, Metals, Tissue Engineering

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