Custom-Made Synthetic Scaffolds for Bone Reconstruction: A Retrospective, Multicenter Clinical Study on 15 Patients

Figure 4

A block of synthetic micromacroporous biphasic calcium-phosphate (BCP), consisting of 70% beta-tricalcium-phosphate and 30% hydroxyapatite (BTK®, Dueville, Vicenza, Italy), was placed into the CNC milling machine (DWX-51®, Roland DG Mid Europe, Acquaviva Picena, AP, Italy) and milled into the size/shape of the 3D virtual model, so that a customised synthetic BCP scaffold was fabricated: (a) buccal aspect of the scaffold design; (b) lingual aspect of the scaffold design; (c) the milled customized scaffold ready for clinical use.

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