Dental products: The application of texture analysis on the latest developments

Given the hype it produced in healthcare due to the technology's potential to print medicines, prosthetics, and even organ replicas, 3D-printing does not require an introduction. Its relevance was underscored even more during the COVID-19 crisis, when it was necessary to bypass supply chains in order to satisfy hospital requests. Dental labs will adopt the technology as it becomes a fundamental element of healthcare practise. Orthodontic models, surgical guides, aligners, retainers, and other dental equipment can also be printed faster and more precisely with 3D printers, compared to older methods. This aids in the improvement of processes, the reduction of errors, and the amount of labour required, ultimately giving the technology time and cost efficiency. Personalised dental fillers with lengthy therapeutic action manufactured using customised moulds via 3D printing technology have vast application prospects in the dental clinic, given the increasing prevalence and long-term treatment of tooth caries. In the field of regenerative dentistry there are leaps being made which could lead to self-healing teeth and biological therapy for damaged teeth by the development of dental fillings that allow teeth to heal themselves. These fillings stimulate stem cells to promote the growth of dentin, or the main constituent of our teeth. This effectively enables patients to regrow teeth damaged through dental disease and potentially eliminate the need for root canals.