Osteoarthritis is a disease of joints that means they do not move as smoothly as they should be, due to the thinning of the cartilage [1]. This disease mostly affects people over the age of 65, and it is estimated that 2.46 million people suffer from osteoarthritis in England alone, just of the hip joint. Osteoarthritis causes a lot of pain to the patient and a loss of mobility due to the damaged joint. It has been found that joint replacement offers significant pain relief and improvement in mobility. As a result, approximately 80 thousand hip replacement procedures are performed every year in England and Wales. These are typically composed of a hard on hard material combination such as Steel on Steel or a soft on hard combination such as
