Salts of alginic acid that are extracted from marine kelp
and used to make dental impressions and as absorbent material for surgical dressings.
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Effects of alginate hydrogels and TGF-beta 1 on human dental pulp repair in vitro. (Connect Tissue Res. 2002;43(2-3):387-90.)
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Contamination level of alginate impressions arriving at a dental laboratory. (Clin Oral Investig. 2002 Sep;6(3):161-5. Epub 2002 Aug 16.)
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