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Bioceramics: For Materials Science and Engineering

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Bioceramics: For Materials Science and Engineering

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Contents

Preface

1 - Overview

1.1 Ceramics and glasses [1–9]

1.1.1 Description of ceramics

1.1.2 Structure and microstructure

1.1.2.1 Structure

1.1.2.2 Microstructure

1.1.3 Sintering and microstructure of ceramics

1.1.4 Glasses and glass-ceramics

1.1.5 Conclusion

1.2 Types of bioceramics [10–15]

1.2.1 Classification of bioceramics according to the type of implant material

1.2.1.1 Bioinert ceramics

1.2.1.2 Porous ceramics

1.2.1.3 Bioactive ceramics

1.2.1.4 Resorbable ceramics

1.2.2 Classification of implants according to their tissue interactions

1.2.2.1 Implants with toxic effect

1.2.2.2 Biocompatible implants

1.2.2.3 Bioactive implants

1.2.2.4 Dissolved implants

1.3 Alumina and zirconia [16–27]

1.3.1 Alumina

1.3.2 Zirconia

1.4 Glasses and glass-ceramics [28–35]

1.4.1 Glasses

1.4.2 Glass-ceramics

1.5 Hydroxyapatite [36–39]

1.5.1 Preparation of hydroxyapatite

1.6 Different forms of tricalcium phosphate [40,41]

1.7 Pyrolytic carbon [16,36]

1.8 Composites [11–13,18]

Review questions

1.1 Ceramics and glasses

1.2 Types of bioceramics

1.3 Alumina and zirconia

1.4 Glass and glass-ceramics

1.5 Hydroxyapatite

1.6 Tricalcium phosphates

1.7 Pyrolytic carbon

1.8 Composites

References

2 - Structure, microstructure, and properties of bioceramics

2.1 Oxide ceramics

2.1.1 Alumina

2.1.2 Properties of alumina

2.1.3 Zirconia

2.1.4 Properties of zirconia

2.1.5 Zirconia-toughened alumina

2.2 Calcium orthophosphates

2.2.1 Monocalcium phosphates

2.2.2 Octacalcium phosphate

2.2.3 Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate

2.2.4 Dicalcium phosphate anhydrous

2.2.5 Anhydrous tricalcium phosphate

2.2.6 Tetracalcium phosphate

2.2.7 Amorphous calcium phosphate

2.2.8 Hydroxyapatite

2.2.9 Fluorhydroxyapatite

2.2.10 Oxyapatite

2.3 Glass and glass-ceramics

2.3.1 Glass

2.3.2 Glass-ceramics

2.4 Bone cements and substitutes

2.4.1 The types of bone cements and substitutes

2.4.2 Example microstructures before and after in vitro tests

Review questions

2.1 Oxide ceramics

References

3 - Osteoinduction, osteoconduction, and osseointegration

Review questions

References

4 - Orthopedic and dental applications

4.1 Orthopedic applications

4.2 Dental applications

Review questions

References

5 - Hard tissue engineering applications

Review questions

References

6 - Recent research trends

Review questions

References

Index

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