Abstract
Hard tissues can be divided into bones and teeth, as mentioned previously. This chapter will be concerned with repairs or replacements of bone with implants. Joint and tooth implants will be studied separately in Chapter 12.
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Park, J.B. (1979). Hard Tissue Replacement I: Long Bone Repair. In: Biomaterials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3423-1_11
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