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IH H' ?<». VV- bv Thursday, January 19, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3B ct to active is do vable Eng. ;dah( s: 'It you.' ct,to nean avail- avins “The con ’s not ess. It s just *•'1 lieve iccept t sure reties liking > that j; any a icalth 1 can ver, t con- 1 fart, tssary inevit- 1 are e with'* m Manmade plastic becomes hip joints CTnited Press International NEW YORK — Materials used in a plastic composite re placement for bones sound iikejawbreakers to pronounce but, when used correctly, they help save jaw and other bones by filling in defects caused by disease or trauma. Dr. Arthur Ashman, co inventor of the material known as Hard Tissue Re placement, or HTR, said the jfiller is a combination of polymethymethacrylate and 'boly hema. He said poly hema has been used as a cement in hip joint replacement for j'ears. | “The HTR is a composite 0f biocompatible plastics which deceives living bone .into accepting it as its own,” Ashman said in an interview. * HTR comes in granular and molded forms. T he gra nular form looks like a white "powder and feels like sugar. It jlomes sterile and ready to be packed into an area of defec tive bone by a physician or de ntist. The molded form starts out as a liquid and must be baked. •' Ashman said a teaspoon of the granular form — less than ahree-quarters of an ounce — "costs $60 and provides enough material to pack ^around the roots of 60 teeth loosened as a result of bone loss due to periodontal dis ease. Ashman said HTR has four major dental applications — the immediate replacement of extracted tooth roots, build ing up ridges to improve de nture fit, and repairing periodontal defects caused by gum disease. ‘‘What happens is bones and soft tissue will grow into the pores of the material and cause fixation,” he said. Said another way: the plas tic panicles of the granular HTR act as a scaffolding and eventually bone cells infiltrate them, forming new bone. The molded form of HTR is formulated in minutes by the practitioner at the time of use — in constructing a tooth root, in building up a dental ridge, chin or cheek bone, he said. When using the molded form, the doctor or dentist First must take an impression of the part to be replaced, fashion a mold, fill it with the composite and and then bake it for a few minutes in a 475- degree oven. The Food and Drug Admi nistration last month granted >rovaI for marketing of iffi 0 Ashman, formerly head of dental research at Mount Sinai Medical Center, said he worked out the formulation with Dr. Paul Bruins, an en gineer and polymer chemist at Poly technical Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. Now in private practice, Ashman is president of the Northeast District of the American Academy of Im plant Dentistry. He said the molded form of HTR has been used in re placement of bone in chins and potentially can be used in skull plates, cheeks , and in the hips and spine. Ashman said HT R has had a 98 ■percent success rate and has been used in over 1,600 patients by 150 dentists. Dr. Norman Granin, who has used HT R, said it is im portant dentists and doctors using the material follow manufacturer’s directions ex actly, particularly with respect to maintaining sterile condi tions. Granin is director of dental and oral surgery at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and profes sor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at New York Univer sity College of Dentistry. He said if handled incor rectly, the material can cause tissue loss and infections. — Farm hands' claims heard United Press International AUSTIN— A state judge issued a temporary injunction Tuesday ordering the Texas In dustrial Accident Board not to reject farm workers’ injury claims solely because they are farm or ranch laborers. The ruling by District Judge Harley Clark, which reaffirmed a temporary restraining order he issued a week ago, was hailed as a “stunning victory” by an attorney for the state’s farm workers. “This is a great milestone in this fight of ours,” said Jim Har rington, a lawyer working in be- palf of the of United Farm Workers of Texas, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. “It’s a stunning victory after you have been kick ed around for eight years like we pave.” Clark’s order prohibits the Texas Industrial Accident JJoard from rejecting a worker’s jnjury claim “on the basis that ihe employee is a farm or ranch jaborer.” Under current statutes, farm ^nd ranch laborers are excluded i'rom the Texas Workers’ Com pensation Act. Texas is the only {najor agricultural state that has pot extended workers’ compen- sation coverage to farm laborers. The IAB currently receives injury claims from farm and ranch workers because some employers voluntarily carry the insurance coverage. However, the agency must reject the claim if the employer has not volun tarily purchased the insurance. Clark’s ruling arose because of a class-action lawsuit filed by 10 farm workers and 20 political leaders that alleges Texas’ work ers compensation laws unconsti- tutionally exclude farm workers. Clark’s ruling will stay in affect while the lawsuh is pend ing. A trial on the case has been set for Feb. 21. Harrington said he consi dered Clark’s ruling an indica tion the judge eventually would overturn the Texas statute. MUf CLUB Awarded for enjoying life is if ht'il pie ha« :heme. ;et awn aing to, - going tt jestiom on year, a famili e of fw ng im ■ecedinj urdaytt /e, lodf •$ will in a Carlia wa, Min of Agn and Jin ul candi ofAgii awa far n to pro ■d in tk i andtk farmers | arenetin ho doni ed-door, :an faro letheles politic! froroo" of-toucli n’t kno» hole ne* in far® that far r good!' has bee» feet and out tin 1 - Landry makes list ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Ed McMahon of TV’s Tonight show and humorist Erma Bom- beck topped the annual list of “Ten Dullest Americans” re leased Wednesday by Interna tional Dull Folks, Unlimited. The organization’s chairman of the bored, J.D. Stewart, annually rouses himself from his job as a statistical analyst to com pile the tedious tally. “Basically, these are people who know how to relax and en joy life while at the same time doing an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay,” he said. Also listed were Tom Landry, David Hartman, Judith Martin jMiss Manners), Bert the Mup- pet of Sesame Street, Perry Como, Howard Cosell, Edwin Meese and John McEnroe, j The top 10, Stewart said, are intuitively aware of IDFUN’s philosophical motto: “Enthu siasm wanes, but dullness is torever.” The release of the list is the highlight of International Dull Week, which Stewart kicked off by lighting a brown candle in his garage. For each winner, Stewart Compiled the following boring bios: McMahon: “By our calculation, his “Here’s Johnny!” intro has been utterecT6,864 times — he’s our all-time favorite dull guy, and we love him.” Bombeck: “America’s mis tress of the mundane, Erma ex pounds on such prosaic topics as cesspools, pits, husbands and ood old-fashioned mother- iood.” Landry: “Ole Frigid Face is coining off one of the flattest finishes he’s ever had, during which his Dallas football team was almost as boring as the week ly TV sw.” Hartman: “The laid-back host of Good Morning America is the epitome of all good, seden tary males — when he asks one of his probing questions and the camera pans away to his re- sporidin;:. cue-’, >.* * often won der it David ha* dozed off.” Martin: “The reigning ghost of Emily Post, Judith says that by no means should we ever wear jeans; she’s America’s current champion of the Victorian age.” Bert: “The unobtrusive sage of the Sesame Street stage, Bert comes right out and tells Ernie he enjoys watching pigeons and goldfish, prefers plain seltzer water sodas, loves oatmeal, and is an avid paper clip and brick collector.” Como: “The duller the lor, the better the sweater — TV’s all-time Mr. Casual, Perry made relaxation a national pastime during his television heydey.” Cosell: “For old muddle- mouth, this is actually a lifetime achievement award — during 1983, Mr. Cosell fumbled his way through another TV base ball season and then continued to strike out on Monday night football.” Meese: “Mr. Meese’s repul sive repudiation of hunger in the U.S. exhibited his own mam moth malnutrition of intellect.” McEnroe: “The menace of tennis — watching John per form is like visiting a pre-school nursery, except that the 4-year- olds have a little more class.” In response to “flak from a lot of folks in Canada” because last year’s list did not include any dull Canadians, Stewart offered a Special Group Award to the Toronto Police Department for arresting New York Yankee out fielder Dave Winfield after his toss of a baseball proved fatal to a low-flying seagull. now off er * ,l 2 SEMESTER MEMBERSHIPS nautil us free w0'9hts “aerobfc* P fa *” racquetball Memberships Include fitness .evaluation^, pro- gram planning & instruct' 0 "' lockerroom use (showers, saJnas, whirlP 00 ' 8 ' ‘ owel serv,ce) ' court reservation priviled® 8. 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