This online event will introduce the field of digital technologies in facial prosthetics. We'll cover:

• Introduction to the field & why technology is applied

• Digital technologies – timeline of development

• Current techniques

• 3D scanning

• Computer Aided Design (CAD)

• Rapid prototyping/additive manufacture/3D printing

• Materials

• Colour

• Immediate reconstruction

• Current challenges and research opportunities

• Discussion forum

NOTE - there are some images of surgical procedures.

Peter Evans from Reconstructive Scientist & Maxillofacial Laboratory, Maxillofacial Unit, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK

Professor Dominic Eggbeer from PDR, Cardiff Met University, Cardiff, UK.

CARTIS

https://www.cartis.net/