TY - JOUR
T1 - PMMA
T2 - An essential material in medicine and dentistry
AU - Frazer, Robert Q.
AU - Byron, Raymond T.
AU - Osborne, Paul B.
AU - West, Karen P.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The first use of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a dental device was for the fabrication of complete denture bases. Its qualities of biocompatibility, reliability, relative ease of manipulation, and low toxicity were soon seized upon and incorporated by many different medical specialties. PMMA has been used for (a) bone cements; (b) contact and intraocular lens; (c) screw fixation in bone; (d) filler for bone cavities and skull defects; and (e) vertebrae stabilization in osteoporotic patients. The many uses of PMMA in the field of medicine will be the focus of this review, with particular attention paid to assessing its physical properties, advantages, disadvantages, and complications. Although numerous new alloplastic materials show promise, the versatility and reliability of PMMA cause it to remain a popular and frequently used material.
AB - The first use of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a dental device was for the fabrication of complete denture bases. Its qualities of biocompatibility, reliability, relative ease of manipulation, and low toxicity were soon seized upon and incorporated by many different medical specialties. PMMA has been used for (a) bone cements; (b) contact and intraocular lens; (c) screw fixation in bone; (d) filler for bone cavities and skull defects; and (e) vertebrae stabilization in osteoporotic patients. The many uses of PMMA in the field of medicine will be the focus of this review, with particular attention paid to assessing its physical properties, advantages, disadvantages, and complications. Although numerous new alloplastic materials show promise, the versatility and reliability of PMMA cause it to remain a popular and frequently used material.
KW - Bone cement
KW - Cranioplasty
KW - Intraocular lens
KW - PMMA
KW - Polymethyl methacrylate
KW - Vertebral stabilization
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U2 - 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i6.60
DO - 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i6.60
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16393131
AN - SCOPUS:33645232957
SN - 1050-6934
VL - 15
SP - 629
EP - 639
JO - Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants
JF - Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants
IS - 6
ER -