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Press-Fit Placement of a Rectangular Block Implant in the Resorbed Alveolar Ridge: Surgical and Biomechanical Considerations

Efthimios Gazelakis,
Roy B. Judge,
Joseph E. A. Palamara,
Shiva Subramanian and
Mohsin Nazir

Bioengineering2024, 11(6), 532;https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060532

23 May 2024

Rectangular Block Implant (RBIs) were manufactured, using computer-aided-design lathe turning, surface roughened with grit blasting and gamma irradiated. Implants were surgically placed into the resorbed edentulous mandibular ridges of both greyhound...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials)

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The Biomechanical Profile of an Osseo-Integrated Rectangular Block Implant: A Pilot In Vivo Strain Analysis

Efthimios Gazelakis,
Roy B. Judge,
Joseph E. A. Palamara and
Mohsin Nazir

Bioengineering2022, 9(9), 425;https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9090425

30 August 2022

Aim: To load-test the osseo-integrated rectangular block implant (RBI), measure the generated cortical peri-implant strains, and relate these findings to known human physiological parameters. Materials and methods: Two RBIs were placed into the poste...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Sight of Implants and Bone Regeneration: Updates and Future Directions)

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Bone Regeneration and Remodeling within a Unidirectional Porous Hydroxyapatite Bone Substitute at a Cortical Bone Defect Site: Histological Analysis at One and Two Years after Implantation

Masashi Iwasashi,
Toru Funayama,
Arata Watanabe,
Hiroshi Noguchi and ,
Toshinori Tsukanishi,
Yasushi Suetsugu,
Takeshi Makihara,
Naoyuki Ochiai,
Masashi Yamazaki and
Masataka Sakane
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Materials2015, 8(8), 4884-4894;https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8084884

30 July 2015

Unidirectional porous hydroxyapatite (UDPHAp) is an artificial bone substitute with a unique microstructure consisting of 100–300-µm oval pores that present the material unidirectionally. UDPHAp has a compression strength of 14 MPa and a porosity of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Bone Substitute Materials)

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Design of Broadband and Wide-Angle Hexagonal Metamaterial Absorber Based on Optimal Tiling of Rhombus Carbon Pixels and Implantation of Copper Cylinders

Yongjune Kim and
Jeong-Hae Lee

Symmetry2021, 13(11), 2045;https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13112045

30 October 2021

A design method for a broadband and wide-angle metamaterial absorber is proposed based on optimal tiling of rhombus carbon pixels on and implantation of metal cylinders inside an acrylic substrate for which the backside is blocked by the perfect cond...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Physics)

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