The present disclosure relates to a material system that includes a novel binder formulation for fabricating patient specific scaffolds for load bearing orthopaedic and dental applications that can be fabricated by 3D printing method using anatomical location-specific data obtained using computed tomography (CT) and processed by dedicated computer-aided design (CAD) software. The disclosed material system is biocompatible and results in implants that are strong enough to avoid catastrophic failure due to abrupt impact and yet possess adequate resilience to avoid failure due to stress shielding effect. In an aspect the scaffolds incorporate macro pores created by CAD design and micro pores in strands of 3D powder printed scaffolds that provide it adequate resilience and would enable blood vessel ingrowth and thus promote vascularization. An embodiment discloses a maltodextrin-based binder formulation that uses water as a solvent with Triton-×100 as a surfactant and sodium azide to prevent the bacterial/fungal contamination to the binder.
