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Three-dimensional bioprinting in oral and maxillofacial tumor treatment and reconstruction

Weimin Wu1,2 ,  Jingfang Yuan1 ,  Ran You1 ,  Hao Yuan3 ,  Bixia Wang3 ,  Mingxin Qiao3* ,  Zhou Zhu1,4*
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1 State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041 , China
2 Department of Stomatology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025 , China
3 Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011 , China
4 State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 , China
Received: 31 August 2026 | Revised: 20 September 2026 | Accepted: 24 September 2026 | Published online: 24 September 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Treatment for oral maxillofacial cancer constitutes a highly specialized discipline encompassing tumor diagnosis, therapeutic management as well as the regeneration of oral cavity and related maxillofacial structure. In recent years, rapid advances in three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technologies have profoundly transformed this field, enabling the development of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. This review primarily discusses the comprehensive and novel 3D bioprinting applications for the treatment of oral and maxillofacial neoplasms. It initially introduces the relevant steps, techniques, and materials to demonstrate the unique role of 3D bioprinting. Furthermore, this review marks its applications in treatment plans, mainly pointing out the use of 3D-printed clinical tools like preoperative biomodels, intraoperative surgical instruments, and postoperative reconstruction scaffolds, as well as other therapeutic tools like intraoral stents for radiotherapy and drug delivery systems for medication. Based on these contents, this review then not only reveals challenges of 3D bioprinting clinical therapies, but also proposes their latest progressions and potential directions, which can significantly improve the research of efficacy, precision, and prognosis in the field of malignant oral-maxillofacial tumors.

Keywords
3D bioprinting
3D printing
Oral and maxillofacial tumors
Tissue engineering
Maxillofacial reconstruction
Drug delivery
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International Journal of Bioprinting, Electronic ISSN: 2424-8002 Print ISSN: 2424-7723, Published by AccScience Publishing