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How 3D printing at UPMC makes 'jaw-in-a-day' surgery possible

By CBS News  
   September 24, 2025

When a teacher in Erie went to the dentist to figure out why his jaw felt funny, he thought it might be receding gums, an issue with his teeth or just the normal aches and pains of aging. But when he learned what was really happening to him, he turned to a surgeon in Pittsburgh to solve it, and that surgeon turned on his 3D printer.

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