A "metal foam" that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant materials, such as ...

Scanning electron microscopy images of cement specimens with 0% (a), 10% (b), 20% (c, f), 30% (d) and 40% (e) barium titanate (by weight). (Courtesy: Materials 11 1258/CC BY 4.0) Natural bone exhibits ...

Bones are the hard organs that make up the endoskeleton of vertebrates, featuring a complex inner and outer structure that allows them to remain hard while reducing weight. Their functions include ...

Bone augmentation techniques have become an integral component of modern dental implantology, addressing alveolar ridge deficiencies and ensuring successful implant placement. These procedures ...

In an advance toward a new generation of improved hip and other joint replacements, scientists are describing development of a potential implant material that flexes more like natural bone, fosters ...

A synthetic biphasic calcium phosphate material proved as reliable after a year as deproteinized cow bone for sinus augmentation in a clinical implant trial reported online May 11 in Clinical Implant ...

Researchers have invented a new type of artificial bone that can be shaped using a 3-D printer for customized implants. The new material, which they call hyper-elastic bone, appears to act like ...

For patients with a broken shin bone, a new generation of smart orthopaedic implants is being developed that can monitor healing progression at the bone fracture site. And, when required, these ...

Researchers have developed a synthetic 'hyperelastic bone' that can be customized using a 3D-printer and implanted in the body to mend damaged bones. The flexible bone-grafting material not only ...

As a nurse in Denmark, Casper Slots got used to seeing the pain that ill-fitting artificial bone implants caused in patients. Some were left in permanent discomfort, or had their faces disfigured by ...