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Review Paper: Behavior of Ceramic Biomaterials Derived from Tricalcium Phosphate in Physiological Condition
- Source :
- Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 23:197-212
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2008.
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Abstract
- Various calcium phosphates are used for bone repair. Although hydroxyapatite (HA) sintered ceramics are widely used due to their osteoconductivity, its bioresorbability is so low that HA remains in the body for a long time after implantation. In contrast, tricalcium phosphate (TCP) ceramics show resorbable characters during bone regeneration, and can be completely substituted for the bone tissue after stimulation of bone formation. Therefore, much attention is paid to TCP ceramics for scaffold materials for supporting bone regeneration. This paper reviews bioresorbable properties of calcium phosphate ceramics derived from β-TCP and α-TCP.
- Subjects :
- Calcium Phosphates
Ceramics
Scaffold
Bone Regeneration
Materials science
Cell Culture Techniques
Biomedical Engineering
chemistry.chemical_element
Dentistry
Biocompatible Materials
Bone healing
Calcium
Calcium phosphate ceramics
Bone tissue
Biomaterials
Materials Testing
medicine
Bone formation
Ceramic
Bone regeneration
Tissue Engineering
business.industry
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
visual_art
Bone Substitutes
visual_art.visual_art_medium
business
Biomedical engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15308022 and 08853282
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Biomaterials Applications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....028e0485352b4d26e92b400733501ba9