College Student Makes His Own DIY Braces For $60, Saves Thousands Of Dollars
Amos Dudley didn’t used to smile very much. For years he’d been self-conscious of his teeth and he avoided showing them as much as possible. But after deciding to use a 3D printer to make his own braces, He now most definitely has something to smile about.
Amos, a 23-year-old Digital Design Student at New Jersey Institute of Technology, came up with the idea while researching braces on the internet. Realizing that a lot of them looked like something he could print, the student set out to put his idea to the test.
After extensively researching how to formulate teeth realignment calculations, Amos eventually made 12 sets of braces. And as you can see from the pictures below, it looks like his crazy idea has worked. The whole project cost less than $60, which is considerably less than the thousands he would have had to spend on orthodontist costs. But despite his success, Amos doesn’t plan to make a career out of it.
“I think there’s too much liability,” he told CNN. “I’m not interested in orthodontics. It was more of a hacker project than making a business out of this.”
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UPDATE: Don’t try this at home without first consulting your dentist.
Digital Design Student Amos Dudley didn’t used to smile very much
“I wasn’t smiling, and it was because I was unhappy with my teeth,” he wrote on his blog
So after researching braces on the internet, he decided to make his own in a 3D printer
And as you can see from these before and after pictures, his clever experiment seems to have worked
Instead of spending thousands on dentist bills, Amos’s project cost him less than $60
“And, most importantly, I feel like I can freely smile again,” he wrote on his blog
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The software used it's Open Source, so it's free. It's Blender. Where i live, Portugal, in sereval Shops like Media Market it has 3D printers. Anyone can go there with the 3D file and to print it. Internet connection it's free in a lot of spaces.
Depending on what method you use, this can be really dangerous. There's a lot of people who make DIY brackets, and they're basically pulling out their own teeth with roots and all.
The software used it's Open Source, so it's free. It's Blender. Where i live, Portugal, in sereval Shops like Media Market it has 3D printers. Anyone can go there with the 3D file and to print it. Internet connection it's free in a lot of spaces.
Depending on what method you use, this can be really dangerous. There's a lot of people who make DIY brackets, and they're basically pulling out their own teeth with roots and all.
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