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Stainless steel:

  • Joint replacements
  • Bone fracture fixation
  • Heart valves
  • electrodes

Titanium and titanium alloys:

  • Joint replacements
  • Dental bridges and dental implants
  • Coronary stents

Cobalt-chrome alloys:

  • Joint replacements
  • Bone fracture fixation

Gold:

  • Dental fillings and crowns
  • Electrodes

Silver:

  • Pacemaker wires
  • Suture materials
  • Dental amalgams

Platinum:

  • Electrodes
  • Neural stimulation devices
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