Ask the Arthritis Expert

Dr. Matthew Teeter answers your top joint replacement questions

Living with arthritis — or supporting someone who is — often comes with a lot of questions and uncertainty. That’s why we asked Canadian arthritis researcher Dr. Matthew Teeter to answer some of the most common questions we hear from people like you.

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Dr. Matthew Teeter

Dr. Teeter is an arthritis researcher at Lawson Health Research Institute at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, London and an Associate Professor at Western University. His current work aims to improve the success of hip and knee replacements — reducing pain, preventing complications, and helping more people get the relief they need from surgery the first time.

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