Three-dimensional printing has already proven useful in a number of medical applications, including the creation of anatomical models and prosthetic devices. This rapidly expanding technology could also revolutionise some cosmetic dentistry and restorative dentistry treatments. Dentistry and 3-D Tissue Printing Ongoing research at Australia’s Griffith University is focusing on the use of [...]
It was the first time anyone in the world had ever received a 3D printed titanium jaw joint. A month ago, a 32-year-old from Melbourne who had suffered an injury to the jaw as a child had his jaw joint replaced. Now we know this is just the first of many such applications to come. [...]
When a small startup company in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA advertised that it was developing a tiny alternative to CPAP that would treat sleep apnoea with no hoses, no mask, no pump, and no cords, the world sat up and took notice. So many people took notice, in fact, that the machine, [...]
Recently, the Sleep Health Foundation issued a warning about sleep apps and other sleep tracker technologies that some people use to check for sleep disorders like sleep apnoea. The Sleep Health Foundation claims that these technologies, far from helping people to sleep, actually have the potential to harm a person's sleep. The Rise [...]
