Dental glass-ceramics (DGCs) are developed by controlled crystallization of oxide glasses
and form an important group of biomaterials used in modern dentistry. They are also of great …

Biomaterials are mostly any natural and synthetic materials which are compatible from a
biological point of view with the human body. Biomaterials are widely used to sustain …

Bioactive glasses (BGs) are being increasingly considered for biomedical applications in
bone and soft tissue replacement approaches thanks to their ability to form strong bonding …

The global market for dental materials is predicted to exceed 10 billion dollars by 2020. The
main drivers for this growth are easing the workflow of dentists and increasing the comfort of …

Sol‐gel route has shown its enormous potential in tissue engineering applications as an
advantageous method for the production of bioactive glasses aimed at regenerating both …

The interest around bioactive glass‐ceramics (GCs) has grown significantly over the last two
decades due to their appropriate biochemical and mechanical properties. The intense …

Bioactive ceramics bond directly with living tissues when implanted. For this reason they
have been profusely investigated as biomaterials. The first synthetic bioactive materials …

Biomaterials are an indispensable component in tissue engineering that primarily functions
to resemble the extracellular matrix of any tissue targeted for regeneration. In the last five …

There is an increasing clinical need to design novel dental materials that combine
regenerative and antibacterial properties. In this work the characterization of a recently …

Infection is a significant risk factor for failed healing of bone and other tissues. We have
developed a sol-gel (solution-gelation) derived bioactive glass doped with silver ions (Ag …