Vitallium®

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 673-686

  Gore, David ^a,b   Frazer, Robert Q ^a   Kovarik, Robert E ^a   Yepes, Juan E ^a  

^a Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt chromium alloys; Hip prosthesis; Implants; Stellite; Vitallium

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; DENTISTRY; HIP PROSTHESES; MEDICINE; PROSTHETICS; STELLITE;

BASE METAL ALLOYS; COBALT-CHROMIUM ALLOYS; VITALLIUM;

ALLOYING ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SILICON; VITALLIUM; ALLOY; BIOMATERIAL; DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORROSION; DENTISTRY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METAL CERAMIC ALLOYS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITALLIUM;

EID: 33645219883     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i6.90     Document Type: Review

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