When Flintstone Age Dentists Used Flint Drills

One of the early uses of materials in humans was in dentistry. Neanderthals and modern humans used toothpicks made of wood or bones. Even before humans started farming 10,000-15,000 years ago, more sophisticated forms of tooth-digging methods using sharp objects made of Flint were explored.

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Plastic Processing and the Analogy of Butter and Bread

As you become familiar with implant or device manufacturing methods that involve polymers or composites where a polymer is a continuous matrix, you will come across the terms thermoset or thermoplastic curing.

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