Belgian researchers have created a 3D-printed titanium lower jaw implant which has transformed the life of a pensioner whose jawbone had been completely destroyed by disease. The 83-year-old woman suffered from a severe infection known as osteomyelitis but now, thanks to modern technology, she has a new jaw and a new lease on life. Video Transcript: This titanium jaw implant promises to revolutionise bone replacement surgery. In a surgical first, Belgian doctors say an implant like this was used on an 83-year-old woman last summer. The woman’s lower jawbone had been destroyed by osteomyelitis infection but within hours of the four-hour operation she was able to eat and talk. Doctors from Belgian company Biomed, the medical research unit of Hasselt University, used an MRI machine to scan a copy of her jawbone. Metal manufacturers LayerWise fed the image through [...]










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