Enhanced bone bonding of hydroxyapatite-
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Takayuki Kobayashi; Soichiro Itoh; Satoshi Nakamura; Miho Nakamura; Kenichi Shin
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Hydroxyapatite (HAp) coatings are applied to orthopedic and dental implants made of titanium (Ti) and its alloys in order to increase their bioactivities and to offset the mechanical weakness of HAp. We examined the __in vivo__ effects of electrical polarization on the bone bonding of H