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Dr. Wilson is former Head of the Materials Technology Group, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Teddington, Middlesex, TX11 OLY, England, and is now Senior Research Fellow, Biomaterials Department, Eastman Dental Institute, 256 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X SLD, England.