Additively manufactured Ti-6-4 ELI customized subperiosteal dental exo-implant

Abstract

The role of digital technologies in the manufacture of metal products with complex geometry used in medicine is discussed. A sequence of actions is proposed to obtain a dental implant from biocompatible titanium alloy powder using the additive manufacturing based on features of human jaw anatomy. The boundary conditions for the problem are stated based on the literature data for jaw loading. The strength calculations by finite element method enabled the topological optimization of the implant. The production features of subperiosteal dental exo-implant using electron beam (EBM) melting are presented. Microstructure implant produced from Ti-6-4 ELI powder by EBM was examined.