R. J. Splinter is a coauthor of the 1971 investigation of bonding mechanisms at the interface of ceramic prosthetic materials. The publisher lists Splinter with the College of Engineering at the University of Florida.[ref]
The study developed a model for the bond between a glass-ceramic biomaterial and bone. It related material solubility and interfacial hydroxyapatite crystallization to histology and ultrastructure observed around rat-femur implants. Its scientific significance lies in examining a changing interface: dissolving species and newly formed mineral can matter as much as the original solid surface. Comparing chemical observations with tissue structure provides a way to test this mechanism, rather than assuming that contact alone establishes a durable bond.[ref]
Hench’s retrospective describes Ray Splinter as a medical student who later became a reconstructive surgeon; the original publication’s R. J. Splinter byline is retained without expanding its initials.[ref]

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