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25.05.2015

Turkish scientists have saved a rare sea turtle from death by 3D-printing a titanium prosthetic jaw for it.

A loggerhead sea turtle on the verge of exhaustion has ended up at the Center for the Study and Rescue of Sea Turtles at the Turkish University of Pamukkale: seriously damaged jaws prevented it from eating normally in its natural environment. Apparently, the turtle was injured by the outboard motor. After the victim was brought back to life, it turned out that it was also impossible to feed her in the laboratory: she could hardly swallow even a small fish.

The center's director, Professor Yakup Kaska, decided that the 45-kilogram turtle needed a jaw implant. He recruited BTech Innovation, a company that specializes in creating 3D prostheses for humans. Specialists took a series of scans of turtle jaws and based on them created an implant using a 3D printer. The labor-intensive process took about two months.

Then a whole team of veterinarians and surgeons performed a complex, hours-long operation to install this implant made of medical grade titanium. Luckily, he settled down perfectly, and 18 days after the operation, the turtle was doing well. According to experts, this unique experience opens up new opportunities for saving animals around the world.

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