1. Influence of thermal treatments on Ag Sn Cu powders in order to reduce mercury contents in dental amalgam

   • Cora Bracho-Troconis
   • Pierre Colon
   • Yves Bienvenu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9

2. Needle-like apatite-leucite glass-ceramic as a base material for the veneering of metal restorations in dentistry

   • W. Ho¨land
   • V. Rheinberger
   • M. Frank

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 17

3. Incorporation of amino acids within the surface reactive layers of bioactive glass in vitro: an XPS study

   • T. A. Mahmood
   • J. E. Davies

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 23

4. Evaluation of the acute scarring response to the implant of different types of biomaterial in the abdominal wall

   • J. M. Bello´n
   • L. A. Contreras
   • J. Buja´n

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 29

5. Structure of dextran–magnetite complex: relation between conformation of dextran chains covering core and its molecular weight

   • T. Kawaguchi
   • M. Hasegawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 35

6. New non-woven polyurethane-based biomaterials for the cultivation of hepatocytes: expression of differentiated functions

   • M. J. Go´mez-Lecho´n
   • J. V. Castell
   • H. Planck

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 41

7. Precipitation behavior of Ag–Pd–In dental alloys

   • Y. C. Suh
   • Z. H. Lee
   • M. Ohta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 48

8. Bending and fracture of compact circumferential and osteonal lamellar bone of the baboon tibia

   • D. Liu
   • H. D. Wagner
   • S. Weiner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 60

9. Phase transformation behavior in a multipurpose dental casting gold alloy during continuous heating

   • H. I. Kim
   • H. J. Seol
   • K. Kawasaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 66