High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
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Rapid tooling for individualized silicon aesthetic prosthesis manufacturing:
A case study
G.P. Marenda, A. Fiorentino, E. Ceretti & A. Manenti
University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
ABSTRACT: The maxillo-facial prostheses called epithesis are used in the rehabilitation of head and neck
cancer patients, in particular to reconstruct parts that were surgicallyremoved for trauma, cancer or other diseases.
Today, medical image processing and 3D scan techniques permit to have a 3D CAD model of internal or external
physiognomy of patient, and rapid prototyping techniques allow to reduce manufacturing time and cost in case of
single part production. ...