SIMS Hospital Performs Total Jaw Joint Replacement Surgeries Using 3D Printed Joints at Affordable costs
Chennai, 21 Aug. 2021: Ushering a new era in jaw joint replacement in Tamil Nadu, SIMS Hospital, Vadapalani a reputed multi-speciality hospital in Chennai, has successfully performed rare surgeries of total jaw joint replacement using 3D-printed as well as readymade jaw joints for three patients , recently. Though surgeries for the replacement of hip and knee joints have become common, the ones for the replacement of jaw joints and the use of 3D printed custom-made joints are new. VideoЁЯСЗЁЯСЗ Explaining the uniqueness of the procedure, Dr. K. Sridhar, Director, Institute of Craniofacial, Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery, SIMS Hospital , said, “We have performed total jaw joint replacement for three different patients. In one patient, who had zero mouth opening following a jaw surgery done elsewhere, the damaged jaw bone part was replaced with an artificial part made of titanium metal. The same was done for the second patient who had complete ‘ankylosis’ (immobile joint) of temporom...