A Medline (PubMed) search was performed in duplicate for studies regarding the application of powder-based three-dimensional printing (3DP) for the production of bone tissue engineering scaffolds. The Medical Subject Heading (Mesh) term “three-dimensional printing” was used together with the term “bone” applying the following search strategy: ((“printing, three-dimensional”[MeSH Terms] OR (“printing”[All Fields] AND “three-dimensional”[All Fields]) OR “three-dimensional printing”[All Fields] OR (“three”[All Fields] AND “dimensional”[All Fields] AND “printing”[All Fields]) OR “three dimensional printing”[All Fields]) AND (“bone and bones”[MeSH Terms] OR (“bone”[All Fields] AND “bones”[All Fields]) OR “bone and bones”[All Fields] OR “bone”[All Fields])) AND (“2010/01/01”[PDAT]: “2016/02/29”[PDAT]).