Cancer survivor gets his face and life back, thanks to 3D printing

(I admit I haven't been following the 3D printing topic; I assume there are potentially good and bad applications for all new technology. This seems to be a very good application.)






A restaurant manager who lost half his face to an aggressive tumor can now face the world again, after doctors 3D-printed him a prosthetic replacement.

Eric Moger, 60, may be the beneficiary of the first 3D-printing procedure of its kind in the United Kingdom, the UK's The Telegraph reported.

“I was amazed at the way it looks ... Before I used to have to hold my hand up to my jaw to keep my face still so I could talk properly and I would have liquid running out the side of my face if I tried to drink. When I had that first glass of water wearing the prosthetic face, nothing came out – it was amazing,” said Moger, who lives in Waltham Abbey in Essex with his fiancée.

Until the 3D-printing-based surgery, he had to "eat" and drink via a tube directly into his stomach.



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