ABSTRACT
Bone forms an essential element of the body’s connective tissue structure. Bone disorders or anomalies, whether congenital or acquired pose significant challenges in terms of their management, induced disability and psychological ramifications. While autografts remain the time-tested gold standard for bone defects, these may not always be amenable to execution. The advent of bespoke patient-centric solutions in medicine has opened the doors to the significant role customised bone tissue solutions can play in the management of such conditions. This essentially implies that bone tissue can be precisely engineered to obtain tailor-made solutions for a myriad of defects and diseased conditions. Seemingly, the applications would appear to be legion; however, to achieve optimal results would require close cooperation between the fields of medicine and technical sciences with each sharing a common background of the other’s knowledge.
