Bulletin of Dental Education

The number of Canadians receiving an orthopedic implant, artificial hip or knee each year would fill the stands of all seven Canadian NHL teams’ arenas. Adding those who receive a dental implant would fill the arenas three times over. “As a corrosion scientist, it seemed obvious to me that orthopedic and dental implants should be studied together,” said Yolanda Hedberg, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Corrosion Science and scientist at Western University’s Bone and Joint Institute in London, Ontario, Canada.