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materials that people are beginning to create.
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They're new in a variety of ways.
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One of the ways they're new is
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that they don't require as much bone cement any longer.
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This acetabular cup for example,
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is made of a ceramic which is very porous
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and which sticks to bone more naturally
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and more easily than the old metal cups used too.
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Another difference in this design,
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is instead of having a metal head which moves against the--
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a metal ball which moves against the polymer socket,
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this one has a ceramic head.