Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC

University of Washington

Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc.

John C Wataha

David T Hobbs

Mark C Elvington

Fred Rueggeberg

George S Schuster

Regina L W Messer

Whasun O Chung

Frank Caughman

Don Mettenberg

R Bruce Rutherford

Jill Lewis

Daniel C Chan

A process for delivering and/or removing metal from a biological system by loading a titanate sorbent with a biometal either before introduction into the system for delivery to a site within the system or after introduction into the system for delivery to a site where there is an excess accumulation of metal and thereafter the sorbent is loaded at the site with the excess metal and is removed from the system.

Delivery or removal of metals from biological systems

Compositions containing metal ions bound into a titanate are described which have demonstrated an ability to suppress bacterial growth of a number of organisms associated with periodontal disease and caries.

Use of titanium-based materials as bactericides

A method of topically applying a fluorescing agent to a cut tooth, cut dental restorative material or dentin surface to distinguish between cut tooth or dentin and existing aesthetic restoration material or enamel specifically for the purposes of detection and identification of the tooth tissue dentin.

Fluorescent agent for the identification of tooth dentin

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Martinez, GA, United States of America

John C Wataha