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Compared with other biomaterials like ceramics and poylmers, the metallic biomaterials possess the outstanding property of being able to endure tensile stresses, which, in the case of alloys, may be extremely high and also of dynamic nature. This is the reason why alloys, for example those with sufficient bending fatigue strength, are widely used as structural materials for skeletal reconstructions if high acting loads are expected to occur. Typical examples for such highly loaded implants are hip and knee endoprostheses, plates, screws, nails, dental implants, etc. Nevertheless, metallic biomaterials are also used for unloaded, purely functional devices such as cages for pumps, valves and heart pacemakers, conducting wires, etc.
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Breme, J., Biehl, V. (1998). Metallic Biomaterials. In: Black, J., Hastings, G. (eds) Handbook of Biomaterial Properties. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5801-9_13
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