Word: bone
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition Dr. Lin stresses that the recent Japanese-American agreement returning Quemoy-Matsu to the Japanese escalates China's encirclement. The agreement returns Quemoy-Matsu to the Japanese fully armed with American arms and personnel. On the other hand, Nixon might well have calculated the treaty as a bone thrown to the Japanese so they won't complain when America control of Taiwan...
Senior fullback Phil Axten, who required eight stitches after a collision in the Amherst game and is now being treated for a possible concussion, and junior Emmanuel Ekama, who is suffering from a severely bruised bone on the top of his foot, are both listed as questionable starters by Coach Bruce Munro...
Complex Preparation. The operation itself is relatively easy. Patients report to the hospital in the morning to donate their own bone marrow. Under local anesthesia the marrow is taken from the hip through a hollow needle. Later the same day they go to the dentist's office, where the marrow is implanted. The procedure, which involves laying back the gum and cleaning the lesion around the tooth before filling it with bone marrow, rarely takes more than half an hour...
Preparing for the operation, however, can be complex. One of the important causes of periodontal disease is the buildup of invisible bacteria plaque on the teeth. This must be under control before the implantation takes place. Otherwise the new bone marrow can quickly become infected. Therefore patients must learn how to clean and take care of their mouths before they undergo marrow grafting. This process includes adjustment of the bite, a special schedule of antibiotics, thorough cleaning and lessons in proper toothbrushing techniques. According to Schallhorn, one man underwent nearly five years of preparatory treatment before he finally "got religion...
...Denver team is willing to claim that the operation is always successful. But in carefully selected patients who remain faithful and skillful with the toothbrush, the results of the operation are encouraging. Of 182 implants performed on 52 people over a five-year period, 104 produced new bone up to 4 mm. (one-sixth of an inch) high. One resulted in a gain that can only be called spectacular. Before the operation, a 40-year-old housewife had infection and serious bone loss. Within a year her bone had regenerated to a normal contour...