Bioceramics for Tissue Engineering Applications

Bioceramics is a generic term that covers all inorganic, nonmetaDic materials that have been used in the human body as implants or prostheses. According to the type of tissue attachment, there are three types of bioceramics bioinert, bioactive, and bioresorbable [1,6]. Inert bioceramics are biol( caUy inactive, with a characteristic lack of 

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A-W glass ceramics Caio(P04)6(OH,F)2 - CaSiO, in Mg0-Ca0-Si02 matrix 1.67 

Bone regeneration through bioactive fillers is accelerated by the formation of a bonding layer with apatite structure that is reinforced with collagen. This apatite 

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Sunho Oh, Namsik Oh, Mark Appleford, Joo L. Ong. Bioceramics for tissue engineering Applications - A review. Am. J. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2006 2 49-56. 

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