Bone is the second most commonly transplanted tissue worldwide, with over four million
operations using bone grafts or bone substitute materials annually to treat bone defects …

Various artificial bone graft substitutes based on ceramics have been developed over the
last 20 years. Among them, calcium-silicate-based ceramics, which are osteoconductive and …

Several inorganic materials such as special compositions of silicate glasses, glass-ceramics
and calcium phosphates have been shown to be bioactive and resorbable and to exhibit …

Abstract Calcium (Ca) and silica (Si) ions have attracted intense interest in biomedical
applications. The two ions are directly involved in many biological processes; for instance …

The high brittleness and low strength of bioactive ceramics have severely restricted their
application in bone repair despite the fact that they have been regarded as one of the most …

Abstract Natural Hydroxyapatite (NHA)-Hardystonite (HT) nanocomposite ceramic with
different percentage of HT was prepared through mechanical milling and subsequent …

In this work, zinc was incorporated into TiO2 coatings on titanium by plasma electrolytic
oxidation to obtain the implant with good bacterial inhibition ability and bone-formability. The …

In this study, we fabricated strontium-containing mesoporous bioactive glass (Sr-MBG)
scaffolds with controlled architecture and enhanced mechanical strength using a three …

Silicate bioceramics, as a new family of biomaterials, have received significant attention in
their application to hard tissue regeneration. Some silicate bioceramics have shown …

Titanium (Ti) and its alloys are widely used as orthopedic and dental implants. In this work,
zinc (Zn) was implanted into oxalic acid etched titanium using plasma immersion ion …