Main description:

Bioceramics and their Clinical Applications, Second Edition provides an update on our understanding of bioceramics, the wider range of ceramics available, and their more sophisticated processing technologies. This book is ideal for new entrants to the field who need to get up-to-speed on key scientific topics in this area and the wide range of ceramics that are available for key applications. This book will also serve as a key reference for experienced researchers on this topic because of its comprehensive approach to the topic.

Contents:

I. Bone 1. Anatomy, structure and properties 2. Bone metabolism, cells and molecules 3. Bone fracture and healing 4. Bone diseases

II. Biological bone grafts 5. Autografts and allografts 6. Advantages and limitations

III. Bioactive Ceramics for Bone Regeneration 7. Carbonate apatite HAp:CO3Ap: Kunio Ishikawa 8. TCP 9. ACP: Chrisian Rey 10. OCP: Osamu Suzuki 11. Calcium sulfate: Ricchi 12. CaCO3: Toshihiro Kasuga 13. BCP: Guy Daculsi 14. Silica calcium phosphate composite: Ahmed El-Ghannam 15. Bioglass: Mohamed Rahman; Julia Jones

IV. Bioceramics for Tooth and Total Joint Replacements 16. Alumina: Corrido from Itali 17. Zirconia: Corado from Itali

V. Bioactive Bone Cement 18. Apatite cement: Kochi 19. Brushite cement: 20. Dental cement

VI. Bioactive Ceramic Coatings 21. Methods of coating 22. Advantages and disadvantages

VII. Future Clinical Applications of Bioceramics A. Bioactive Ceramics for infection treatment B. Bioactive Ceramic and Cell Therapy 1. Combination with cells: Ohgushi C. Bioactive Ceramics for Soft Tissue regeneration and Disease Treatment 1. Urination incontinence 2. Breast Cancer Treatment 3. Infection treatment 4. Ophthalmology 5. ENT D. Composites for tissue engineering 1. Collagen composite: Kikuchi 2. Osteoinductive materials: Habibovic E. Bioceramics processing technology 1. 3D printing: Susmita Bose 2. Sol-Gel 3. Powder Metallurgy F. Analysis of the Biological Behavior of Bioceramics 1. Cell-tissue fluids interactions 2. Cell-Material interaction: Andres Garcia 3. Experimental animals: BenGuzzi, Hamed