Metals Biotribology and Oral Microbiota Biocorrosion Mechanisms [PDF]
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2022 During the last decades, metal-based biomaterials have been extensively explored to be used as biocompatible metals for biomedical applications, owing to their superior mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Consequently, for long-term implanted
Nicola Contuzzi +6 more
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Application of Tribology Concept in Dental Composites Field: A Scoping Review [PDF]
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2022 Tribology is the discipline concerning the application of friction, lubrication, and wear concepts of interacting surfaces in relative motion. A growing interest has developed in tribology application in medical biomaterials, such as resin composites ...
Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa +6 more
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Biotribology: Recent progresses and future perspectives
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2015 Biotribology deals with all aspects of tribology concerned with biological systems. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of tribology.
Z.R. Zhou, Z.M. Jin
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Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2020 Nowadays hip arthroplasty is recognized as one of the most successful orthopedic surgical procedures, even if it involves challenges to overcome, such that lately, younger and more active patients are in need of total arthroplasty.
Saverio Affatato, Alessandro Ruggiero
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Biotribology in knee arthroplasty. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2015 During the last decade, new bearing materials, new methods in in vitro wear simulation, specific cell culture, and animal models to evaluate the response to particulate debris, and dedicated retrieval analysis programs to learn more about material degradation in vivo have been developed in the field of biotribology. Improvements in knee arthroplasty
Grupp TM, Utzschneider S, Wimmer MA.
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Biomimetic pHEMA Hydrogels as an Alternative Cartilage-like Model Material for Biotribological Evaluations [PDF]
ACS OmegaZuzana Kadlecova +10 more
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Chemical, Mechanical and Tribological Effects of Artificially Aging up to 6 Weeks on Virgin and Crosslinked UHMWPE Evaluated for a TKR Design [PDF]
BioengineeringPatients undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA) at younger ages with the expectation that the devices will perform well over two to three decades. During this time, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) bearing material properties of the ...
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How Do Cartilage Lubrication Mechanisms Fail in Osteoarthritis? A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
BioengineeringCartilage degeneration is a characteristic of osteoarthritis (OA), which is often observed in aging populations. This degeneration is due to the breakdown of articular cartilage (AC) mechanical and tribological properties primarily attributed to ...
Manoj Rajankunte Mahadeshwara +5 more
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Effects of Viscosupplementation on Tribological Behaviour of Articular Cartilage
Lubricants, 2022 Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the frequent conditions in the orthopaedic practice. The number of OA patients is increasing and the efficacy of the current treatment methods is relatively low in terms of slowing or even preventing of the disease ...
Matúš Ranuša +5 more
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Biotribology of Synovial Cartilage: A New Method for Visualization of Lubricating Film and Simultaneous Measurement of the Friction Coefficient [PDF]
Materials, 2020 Pavel Čípek +2 more
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