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Metal for Craniomaxillofacial Internal Fixation Implants and Its Physiological Implications

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Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructive and Corrective Bone Surgery

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Implants function as a temporary splint. In the form of a screw, a plate, or a pin, the implant stabilizes the fracture and supports forces in addition to those of functional load. Yet the implant is a foreign body. Is this foreign body an insult of the chemical, physiological, or mechanical kind for the living tissue?

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  2. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  3. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  4. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  5. Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, Kantonsspital Basel, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Joachim Prein MD, DDS (Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery; and Head) (Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery; and Head)

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Steinemann, S.G. (2002). Metal for Craniomaxillofacial Internal Fixation Implants and Its Physiological Implications. In: Greenberg, A.M., Prein, J. (eds) Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructive and Corrective Bone Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22427-5_12

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