Bone augmentation techniques have become an integral component of modern dental implantology, addressing alveolar ridge deficiencies and ensuring successful implant placement. These procedures ...

Significant bone defects associated with component loosening, subsidence and osteolysis are commonly encountered during revision to­tal knee arthroplasty. The severity of bone loss may pose a ...

Dental implants replace lost tooth roots by fusing with the jawbone, preventing bone loss and preserving facial structure.

Researchers have developed a technique to grow custom-fit bone implants to repair jawbone injuries from a patient's own rib. The jawbone is not typically connected to the rib bone, but it might be in ...

Jung Seung Lee, a biomedical engineering researcher at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, and his team built a tool which ...

The body has a remarkable ability to heal itself when injured, but of course it has its limits. Now scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a way to improve on the natural process, ...

For patients with a broken shin bone, a new generation of smart orthopaedic implants is being developed that can monitor healing progression at the bone fracture site. And, when required, these ...