We’ve known for a while now that medical applications are one of the killer apps for 3D printing. In the past, Make: has covered such amazing innovations as 3D printed prosthetic limps and life-saving medical hacks that every day citizens have done to improve their health and even save lives. You can now add doing your own orthodontics to that list. At least, Amos Dudley 3D created his own “orthoprint” to correct a snaggle tooth, or How I Open-Sourced My Face, as he so charmingly puts it.
Amos got the idea to try 3D printing a retainer mold to fix his wayward tooth after seeing this picture of a commercial orthodontic appliance. He noticed that it had striations reminiscent of 3D printing deposition layers.
via MAKE
