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What is an alloplastic?

What is an alloplastic? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Artificial materials substituted for tissue grafts, used in surgery.
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Manipulation is usually understood as an alloplastic behaviour, the attempt to modify external reality of an antipathetic kind.
An implant comprising a mass entirely coated with atelopeptide collagen characterised in that the mass is alloplastic, the implant is a breast prosthesis and the coating renders it resistant to encapsulation.
Severe inflammatory joint disease is another indication for alloplastic TMJ prosthesis.
There are some limitations of TMJ reconstruction with alloplastic prosthesis.
Synthetic calcium phosphate ceramics belong to the group of alloplastic biomaterials and are nowadays widely used.
In adults, movement can be restored by removing the ankylotic mass with reconstruction using either a costrochondral graft or alloplastic joint prostheses.

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