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Mitra’s Universal Composite Work Earns Her an EPO Nomination

The European Patent Office (EPO) has nominated Sumita Mitra as a finalist in the...

Hydrogel Shows Promise in Treating Bone Defects

Bioengineers and dentists from the UCLA School of Dentistry have developed a hydrogel that...

New Membrane Class Regenerates Tissue and Bone

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed methods that may...

Zinc-Oxide Membrane Fights Periodontitis

Periodontitis breaks down the tissue and bones that house the teeth, affecting 47.2% of...

Book Review: All-Ceramics at a Glance, Third English Edition

Aesthetic dentistry using ceramic restorations can easily be underestimated in its complexity, even by...

Biocompatible Material Enables 3-D Printed Bone Implants

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a 3-D printable ink for producing synthetic bone...

Coating Inhibits Immune System Attacks on Implants

Implants can save smiles, but they also can trigger attacks by the body’s immune...

3-D Printed Substrate Kills Microbes

Researchers at the University of Groningen in Germany have developed a 3-D printed substrate...

Watching Cement Dry Could Improve Fillings

Bioactive glass ionomer cement (GIC) fillings often eventually need to be replaced. A better...

Hybrid Ceramic Outperforms Feldspar in Implants

Many one-piece zirconia implants work with feldspar ceramic. But a new polymer infiltrated hybrid...