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Old 11-10-2008, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
Titanium has the strength of steel and the weight of aluminum. It's expensive to purchase and very expensive to machine.
Apparently it has the curious property of being attractive to bone cells, attractive enough so that they will bond onto its surface rather than reject it.

Which is why it's good for artificial tooth roots.
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