The synthetic thermoplastic polymer polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is becoming a popular
component of clinical orthopedic and spinal applications, but its practical use suffers from …

There is an increased interest in the use of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) for orthopedic and
dental implant applications due to its elastic modulus close to that of bone, biocompatibility …

Machined and injection moulded polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implants with and without an
oxygen plasma modification were prepared and implanted in sheep cancellous and cortical …

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a promising implant material because of its excellent
mechanical characteristics. Although this polymer is a standard material in spinal …

Free flap surgery is currently the only successful method used by surgeons to reconstruct
critical-sized defects of the jaw, and is commonly used in patients who have had bony …

Additively-manufactured PEEK orthopedic implants have recently gained extensive attention
due to their prominent characteristics such as good biocompatibility, low radiographic …

The use of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) composites in the trauma plating system, total
replacement implants, and tissue scaffolds has found great interest among researchers. In …

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) has been widely applied in orthopedics because of its
excellent mechanical properties, radiolucency, and biocompatibility. However, the …

Autohesion (direct-bonding or self-bonding) is the formation of bonds between two surfaces
of an identical polymer at elevated temperature (usually just above T g). It is an emerging …

Objective Plasma treatment can be used as surface treatment of PEEK (poly-ether-ether-
ketone) to increase the bonding strength between veneering composite and dental …