Researchers at RMIT University in Australia have developed a new 3D printing technique that allows them to create incredibly small and complex biomedical implants. The approach involves printing glue molds that can then be filled with biomaterial filler. Once the mold is dissolved away, the biomaterial structure remains. Excitingly, the technique uses standard 3D printers,… Read More »
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Belle Meade Family Dentistry, a full-service family practice of three dentists, is currently welcoming new patients for same-day dental implants with no referral necessary. This will make it easier for those patients to receive the comprehensive dental implant care they need in a single, convenient location. This advantage… Read More »
July 24, 2019 — Pharmaceutical giant Allergan has ordered the recall of all of its BIOCELL textured breast implants after the FDA flagged a series of reports that the implants were causing cancer in hundreds of patients worldwide. The FDA says the textured surface, unique to Allergan’s implants, are tied to 481 cases of breast… Read More »
Joint replacements are among the most common elective surgeries — but around one in 100 patients suffer post-surgical infections, turning a routine procedure into an expensive and dangerous ordeal. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a “self-defensive surface” for these implants that release targeted micro-doses of antibiotics when bacteria approach, potentially sharply… Read More »
MONTREAL — The Quebec Health Department wants the thousands of women in the province who have received textured breast implants since 1995 to be warned of a potential cancer risk. The government has asked the province’s hospitals and clinics to contact all patients who received that specific type of implant in the last 24 years… Read More »
by Monica Quinn Choosing Between Immediate or Delayed Dental Implants Dental implants are an innovative technology that has now been in use for decades, so it is hardly surprising that they have evolved considerably during this period. Nowadays, they are frequently recognized as being the optimal technique for restoring missing teeth, providing patients with a… Read More »