= T. K. Greenlee
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\b[T. K. Greenlee] is a coauthor of the 1971 study of bonding between a glass-ceramic <biomaterial> and <bone>. The publisher’s byline lists Greenlee at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.<Bonding mechanisms at the interface of ceramic prosthetic materials by L. L. Hench and others>[Author affiliations and primary abstract]{ref}
The study connected an interfacial chemical model with observations in biological <tissue>. Laboratory studies of material solubility and <hydroxyapatite> crystallization were compared with <histology> and ultrastructure around implants in rat femurs. This comparison addresses a concrete problem: a material can have suitable bulk mechanical properties while developing an unsuitable interface with living <bone>. Microscopic observations of that interface help test a proposed bonding mechanism instead of inferring it from bulk strength alone.<Bonding mechanisms at the interface of ceramic prosthetic materials by L. L. Hench and others>[Abstract, comparison of in-vitro studies with in-vivo rat-femur implant observations]{ref}
In his historical account, <Larry L. Hench> identifies Greenlee as an orthopaedic <surgeon> involved in the early work.<The Story of Bioglass by Larry Hench>[Printed pp. 10–11: T. K. Greenlee, Jr. and the original collaborators]{ref}
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