Advancement of materials technology has been immense, especially in the past 30 years.
Ceramics has not been new to dentistry. Porcelain crowns, silica fillers in composite resins …

This paper provides an extensive overview of published studies on the development and
applications of three-dimensional bone tissue engineering (TE) scaffolds with potential …

Improving and accelerating bone repair still are partially unmet needs in bone regenerative
therapies. In this regard, strontium (Sr)-containing bioactive glasses (BGs) are highly …

Bioactive glasses (BAGs) were invented five decades ago and have been widely used
clinically in orthopedic and stomatology. However, in the past two decades, BAGs have …

Nowadays, the need for therapeutic biomaterials displaying anti-inflammatory properties to
fight against inflammation-related diseases is continuously increasing. Compact …

A vertebral fracture, whether originating from osteoporosis or trauma, can be the cause of
pain, disability, deformation and neurological deficit. The treatment of vertebral compression …

Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement has been widely used to fill and stabilize hard
tissue defects in clinical surgery, especially in percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and …

The incidence increase of infections in patients with hip or knee implants with resistant
pathogens (mainly some S. coagulase-negative and gram positive bacteria) demands …

One of the problems of percutaneous vertebroplasty attributed to the use of acrylic cements
is related to the radiopacity of the formulation. The use of bismuth salicylate as the …

In most minimally‐invasive procedures used to address severe pain arising from
compression fractures of the vertebral bodies, such as percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP), a …