{"id":182920,"date":"2026-01-29T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/iowa-surgeon-used-ai-to-rebuild-teens-jaw\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T05:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:10:57","slug":"iowa-surgeon-used-ai-to-rebuild-teens-jaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/iowa-surgeon-used-ai-to-rebuild-teens-jaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa surgeon used AI to rebuild teen&#8217;s jaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/iowa-doctors-use-3d-printing-to-rebuild-teens-jaw\/70145940\">Iowa surgeon used AI to rebuild teen&#8217;s jaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/iowa-doctors-use-3d-printing-to-rebuild-teens-jaw\/70145940\">https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/iowa-doctors-use-3d-printing-to-rebuild-teens-jaw\/70145940<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-29 19:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.kcci.com\">www.kcci.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mya Buie, a 17-year-old, had multiple surgeries to reconstruct her jaw after being shot in the face by her mother&#8217;s ex-boyfriend three months ago.<\/li>\n<li>The traditional method of facial reconstruction trauma using bent titanium plates was time-consuming and often dissatisfying for surgeon Dr. Simon Wright.<\/li>\n<li>Modern technology is now being used to provide a more accurate and efficient solution: an artificial intelligence-aided CT scan followed by a custom 3D-printed jawbone plate.<\/li>\n<li>Buie\u2019s plate was made and delivered in record time, a first for Des Moines trauma surgeons, showcasing an accelerated process that cut weeks-long surgeries down to days.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Wright highlights the significance of this innovation as a testament to the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration and medical research benefiting patients like Buie.<\/li>\n<li>Buie has returned to school with plans to graduate early, and doctors expect a full recovery for her, indicating confidence in the effectiveness of her new jawbone plate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa surgeon used AI to rebuild teen&#8217;s jaw https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/iowa-doctors-use-3d-printing-to-rebuild-teens-jaw\/70145940 Publish Date: 2026-01-29 19:29:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/vidthumb\/6c58b1fd-4cd2-4281-9fa7-c8b134560caa\/0b7716cf-e40c-4476-a8aa-e7cafc2ef1bb.jpg?crop=0.827xw:0.826xh;0,0&resize=1200:*","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-182920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182922,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182920\/revisions\/182922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}