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J Prosthodont
July 2010
Peterson Area Dental Laboratory, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, USA.
This article describes a technique for the fabrication of a laser-welded hollow pontic full-gold fixed dental prosthesis. Reference to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S.
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November 1991
Professorial Surgical Unit, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
Sutureless intestinal anastomoses can be achieved either by compression, where two inverted rings of bowel are compressed by a hollow circular device that subsequently sloughs away and is passed anally, or by the use of tissue glues or laser welding. Compression devices used clinically with success are the Valtrac biofragmentable anastomotic ring, the polypropylene rings described by Rosati and the AKA guns. Glued anastomoses have only been used in animals and seem to be unsafe.
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