Low Temperature 3D Printing of Drug Loaded Bioceramic Scaffolds and Implants

3D powder printing (3DP) enables the fabrication of porous scaffolds with anisotropic aligned pores for bone tissue engineering and for the fabrication of custom made implants for cranio-maxillofacial surgery. By combining 3D printing and self-setting biocement matrices, a low temperature processing chain can be established for a simultaneous spatial control over both structure geometry and composition by using multi-colour printers. This contribution aims to highlight bioceramic material approaches in order to fabricate scaffolds and implants by 3DP with a special emphasis on the drug modification of such structures.