When a deadly, 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in April of 2015, killing thousands of people, the 3D printing community jumped right in to offer assistance, from a 3D printable model (for a donation) of Nepal's Boudhanath Stupa Buddhist temple from Pinshape and MiniWorld, to a call for desktop 3D printing solutions and design ideas to assist in earthquake relief, and important 3D printed medical supplies. Not only were homes devastated by the earthquake, but schools and surgical care systems were as well. Recently, a team of UK specialists went on a few aid and education missions to Nepal, in order to support and train local surgeons. The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS), along with its international education subcommittee the Norman Rowe International Education Foundation (NRIEF), was responsible for the missions. A consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon also treated several patients during the missions, and set up a five-year collaboration for training in orbital implant surgery, after he performed what is believe to be the first procedure of this kind in the country. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/168863/3d-printed...plant-surgery/