Word: caulk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...powder and soaked in hydrochloric acid to remove all minerals. It is then dried, sterilized and stored. When needed, it is mixed with a saline solution. Says Plastic Surgeon John B. Mulliken, also of Children's Hospital: "The powder, which then has a pasty consistency, is used to caulk around defects, to fill in holes, irregularities, and is shoved into places hard to get at. The chips, though rubbery, immediately give some stability and form." Cartilage and then bone appear, usually within six months of the implant...