Self-Powered Dental Implants Prevent Infection Through Chewing Force

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Self-Powered Dental Implants Prevent Infection Through Chewing Force
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Autonomous piezoelectric dental implants harness natural chewing forces to generate protective antibacterial and anti-inflammatory responses, offering a novel strategy to prevent peri-implantitis without external intervention.

Original paper: Occlusion-activated autonomous piezoelectric implants for adaptive prevention of peri-implantitis. — Nature Communications. 10.1038/s41467-026-71556-z

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