ABSTRACT
Additive manufacturing (AM), most commonly known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, is a fast-rising technology, and it has found applications in a wide range of industries: automotive, aerospace, biomedical, structural, and arts. AM started with just application in printing models of objects, but today, it is used in manufacturing of large objects and for mass production for commercial purposes. Bioceramics have become an exponentially rising biomaterial for dental, bone engineering, and tissue therapy due to its low cost, availability, ease of manufacture, mechanical strength, and biocompatibility. This chapter is aimed at examining various 3D printing technologies for fabricating bioceramic materials as well as scaffolds and other functional structures as a potential guide for research in the area of 3D printing of bioceramics and applications in bone and tissue engineering.
