Book Description:
Ceramic materials that are specially developed for use as medical and dental implants are termed bioceramics. Bioceramics can have structural functions as joint or tissue replacements, can be used as coatings to improve the biocompatibility of metal implants, and can function as resorbable lattices which provide temporary structures and a framework that is dissolved, replaced as the body rebuilds tissue. Some ceramics even feature drug-delivery capability. This book presents current research and cutting edge thinking in this field. It begins with an overview of the significance of calcium orthophosphates for humankind, specifically for dental and bone grafting applications. The development of granulate systems of calcium phosphate-based drugs with controlled drug release kinetics is examined as well. This is an increasingly important area of research because of the prevalent rates of infection in bone and dental surgery. In order for bioactive glasses or ceramics to bond to living bone, the formation of a bone-like apatite layer on their surfaces must occur. This book also presents two different methods for the synthesis of these bioceramic materials.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Research and Review Studies

Calcium Orthophosphate-Based Biocements and Bioconcretes
(Sergey V. Dorozhkin - Moscow, Russia)pp.1-64

Calcium Orthophosphates as Biomaterials and Bioceramics
(Sergey V. Dorozhkin - Moscow, Russia) pp.65-158

Novel Insights into Ordered Mesoporous Materials for Biomedical Applications
(Montserrat Colilla, María Vallet-Regí - Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Bioinorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and others)pp.159-196

Two New Routes to Form Porous Bioceramic Beads
(Chih-Kuang Wang, Wen-Cheng Chen, Chun-Cheng Hung, Yin-Chih Fu,
Mei-Ling Ho - Faculty of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and others) pp.197-218

Application of the Sol-Gel Process in the Preparation of Bioceramics
(Katalin Sinkó, Anikó Meiszterics - Institute of Chemistry, L. Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary) pp.219-230

Two Injectable Calcium Phosphate Cements, Two Approaches: A Review
(M.A. Lopez-Heredia, S.C.G. Leeuwenburgh, P. Layrolle, J.A. Jansen - (Department of Periodontology and Biomaterials, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and others) pp.231-248

Corrosion Behavior and Biofriction and Wear Property of the AlTiN Coating Deposited on the Surface of Ti6Al4 V Alloy in Simulated Physiological Enviroment
(Zhu Weidong, Zhu Tao, Wang Xudong, Su Xiangdong, Jiang Xiaoying - (College of Materials Science and Metallurgy Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China and others) pp.249-264

Short Communication

Bone Regeneration with B-Tricalcium Phosphate: New Aspects
(Fabian Peters, Wolf-Dietrich Hübner - Kleinostheim, Germany) pp.265-276

Index pp.277-299