Fusetec and Adelaide University Announce $800,000 Project to 3D Print Dental Models That Respond Like Real Tissue

Australian medical training device company Fusetec, Adelaide University, and the Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) have embarked on an $800,000 collaborative research project. The project will develop a new generation of biomimetic dental training models, replicas designed to mechanically respond the way real teeth, jawbone, and soft tissue do under surgical force.

The 18-month project targets one of dentistry’s persistent training bottlenecks: preparing clinicians for complex procedures like wisdom tooth removal without reliable models of how human tissue actually behaves when it’s cut, drilled, or fractured.

“We’re developing dental models that don’t just look like anatomically correct – they respond like real tissue during surgery. That gives clinicians greate