Patients are becoming more aware of the materials they are placing in their bodies and how those materials can affect their overall health. When selecting dental implants, patients want the least ...

While titanium implants such as artificial hips can greatly improve patients' lives, they're also subject to serious bacterial infections. An experimental new antibacterial titanium alloy, however, ...

A zirconia implant looks better, but research has yet to show that it is a suitable alternative to dental fixtures made with titanium, according to a review published in Dental Materials on September ...

A new study published in the journal of Stomatologija showed that the fracture resistance of narrow-diameter titanium dental ...

The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) has approved a 3D-printed, titanium, cranial/craniofacial patient-specific plate implant for use in the US. The implant was designed by Brazil-based BioArchitects, ...

Titanium and its alloys are reported to be the most suitable material for use as implants in the human body. However, there are reports showing corrosion in the titanium implants due to the ...

NEW YORK — Bradley Little, a physical education teacher in Arizona, was leading his class through a school hallway in 2017 when he collapsed. Little feared he was having a stroke. Or, in a sign of the ...

OLD BETHPAGE, N.Y., June 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — For three decades, Long Island-based Himed has changed the way patients respond to dental and orthopedic implants. But they’ve always avoided self ...

Titanium micro-particles in the oral mucosa around dental implants are common. This is shown in a new study which also identified 14 genes that may be affected by these particles. Titanium ...