Engineering Research
Materials Science
Engineering Series
Progress in Bioceramics
Description:
The main purpose of this special-topic book, devoted to current trends in bioceramics, is to survey the present situation in this field, and to cover as fully as possible the various lines of research. The book includes many ceramic materials having clinical applications; some of them already entirely feasible, while others are expected to be available in the very near future.
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The 14 papers presented here by Vallet-Regí (chemistry, U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain) were selected in order give a picture of current trends in medical bioceramics, with coverage oriented towards describing the different research lines as much as possible. Following the introductory overview, the papers discuss upgrading calcium phosphate scaffolds for tissues engineering applications, the potential of calcium phosphate glass as biomaterial for hard-tissue repair, clinical use of bioactive glasses for maxillo-facial repair, magnesium- and zinc-substitute beta-tricalcium phosphates as potential bone substitute biomaterials, the possible therapeutic synergy of calcium phosphates/biophosphonates combinations, ensuring implant fixation and sol-gel derived ceramic coatings, silica-based ordered mesoporous materials biomedical applications, genetic basis for design of biomaterials for in situ tissue regeneration, cell proliferation and tissue compatibility of organic-inorganic hybrid materials, combined experimental-computational strategy for the design and synthesis of bioactive zinc-silicate glasses, and simulations of bone remodeling and bone ingrowth within scaffolds.