College Student Saves Thousands Of Dollars By 3D Printing His Own Braces (6 pics)

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Amos Dudley is a 23 year old Digital Design Student at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He recently discovered he needs braces and doctors told him it was going to cost thousands of dollars. That's when he decided to get creative and he used a 3D printer to create braces for him for only $60.

Digital Design Student Amos Dudley didn’t used to smile very much



1 College Student Saves Thousands Of Dollars By 3D Printing His Own Braces (6 pics)

“I wasn’t smiling, and it was because I was unhappy with my teeth,” he wrote on his blog


2 College Student Saves Thousands Of Dollars By 3D Printing His Own Braces (6 pics)

So after researching braces on the internet, he decided to make his own in a 3D printer


3 College Student Saves Thousands Of Dollars By 3D Printing His Own Braces (6 pics)

And as you can see from these before and after pictures, his clever experiment seems to have worked


4 College Student Saves Thousands Of Dollars By 3D Printing His Own Braces (6 pics)

Instead of spending thousands on dentist bills, Amos’s project cost him less than $60


5 College Student Saves Thousands Of Dollars By 3D Printing His Own Braces (6 pics)

“And, most importantly, I feel like I can freely smile again,” he wrote on his blog


6 College Student Saves Thousands Of Dollars By 3D Printing His Own Braces (6 pics)

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№1 Author: Aindy (21 Mar 2016 11:11) Total user comments: 2863


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He didnt make that 3d printer though...
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№2 Author: Tomaz86 (21 Mar 2016 15:23) Total user comments: 10834


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Smart guy.
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