eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2025-09-30 18 3 2083 2101 10.13005/bpj/3239 67300 article Madhanagopal Manoharan 1 Bhavadharani Babu 3 Sindu Divakaran 3 Gobi Saravanan Kaliaraj 2 Perumal Sudalai4 4 Rajendra Thilahar Chelladurai 5 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram, Chennai, India. Center of excellence for Additive Manufacturing, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering and Technology, Chengalpet, India. Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, India. The usage of Additive Manufacturing (AM) by the healthcare industry to manufacture biomedical implants results in mass customized product at an affordable price. Prior to the advent of AM, these biomedical implants are fabricated using conventional manufacturing techniques such as casting, machining etc. These patient specific implants may aid the medical workers in the placement, inventory with increased customer satisfaction. There is a clear distinction between make or buy decision for these medical implants and systematic investigation is needed to procure these AM implants. In addition, these implants are designed and manufactured from the Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) file from the respective patients. Polymer based Material Extrusion and Resin based Vat Photo polymerization are the commonly used AM techniques, which assist the health workers in validating the implant design. While the metal AM technique such as Powder Bed Fusion are used the widely employed method to fabricate the actual medical implants, which can be directly fit on the patient body. Most of the implants are used for dental applications using maxillofacial surgery and orthopaedic applications for bone joints. This paper briefs the impact of AM in the healthcare industry for mass customisation, strategies, methodologies and applications especially for implants. And some of the software tools used for the design, analysis and manufacturing of these implants are also discussed. Mass customisation and cost effectiveness are the major driving force for the use of medical implants. These patient specific medical implants with AM are useful for developing industries to overcome the expense associated with patient specific medical implants, which is usually fabricated using conventional manufacturing processes. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol18no3/recent-advancements-in-the-bio-medical-implant-production-using-additive-manufacturing-comparison-challenges-and-future-scope/ Additive Manufacturing Affordability Biomedical implants Customized implants Three-dimensional printing