Australians with oral cancer are paying tens of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs to replace their teeth because of a gap in the nation's healthcare system. Surgeons say an inequitable process is leaving patients with an unthinkable choice: to drain their super or re-mortgage their homes to pay for dental prosthetics or go without. Now doctors at a Sydney hospital are pushing for change using 3D printing technology to save patients money and restore their smiles.
