Table 5.

A summary of the manufacturing techniques used for producing bone joint replacements.

Manufacturing Method		Representative Example	Advantages and Disadvantages	References
Traditional manufacturing techniques	Rapid prototyping (RP)		Advantages: Relative high precision; Disadvantages: The processing route is not easy to control; the cost is high	[35,37]
	Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
Additive manufacturing techniques	Selective laser melting		Advantages: Easy to Relative high precisionincorporate multiple materials, no support structure; Relative high precisionDisadvantages: Relatively poor mechanical properties	[39,40,41]
	Electron beam melting
	Selective laser sintering