“…Biodegradable plates have to be thicker than titanium plates to achieve the same stability as titanium (Tormala et al, 1987;Wittenberg et al, 1991;Suuronen et al, 1992aSuuronen et al, , b, 1998Tormala, 1992;Ferguson et al, 1996a, b;Shetty et al, 1997;Maurer et al, 2001;Leinonen et al, 2003).…”