Trabecular structures of dental implants formed by 3D printing and their mechanical properties

his paper proposes an overview of the trabecular Ti-6Al-4V 3D-printed titanium alloy used for dental implants. Series of micro and macro mechanical tests were made to help better understand the trabecular structure and the mechanical behavior of the 3D-printed titanium alloy. The work also includes an overview of the current state of knowledge in this area as well as results obtained by experiments. Indentation tests, compression and tensile tests have been performed to obtain the values of reduced modulus and hardness.