"Ceramics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Products made by baking or firing nonmetallic minerals (clay and similar materials). In making dental restorations or parts of restorations the material is fused porcelain. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed & Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed)
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D002516
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.637.153
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ceramics" by people in Profiles.
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Low wear rates seen in THAs with highly crosslinked polyethylene at 9 to 14 years in patients younger than age 50 years. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Dec; 473(12):3829-35.
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Gender Differences in Wear Rates for 28- vs 32-mm Ceramic Femoral Heads on Modern Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene at Midterm Follow-Up in Young Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Apr; 31(4):899-905.
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Case report: Pseudotumor associated with corrosion of a femoral component with a modular neck and a ceramic-on-polyethylene bearing. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2014; 24(1):1-5.
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The role of patient factors and implant position in squeaking of ceramic-on-ceramic total hip replacements. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011 Apr; 93(4):439-42.
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Combined exchange transfusion and chelation therapy for neonatal lead poisoning. Ann Pharmacother. 2004 May; 38(5):821-4.