Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only
The need to overcome the secondary surgery to remove implanted metal fixation plate leads to the idea of replacing the material with degradable bionanocomposite. In this research, polylactic acid/polypropylene (PLA/PPC) blends incorporated with halloysite nanotubes (HNT) (0–6 wt %) were considered as the candidate material for mandibular fixation