Main description:

Bone Repair Biomaterials: Regeneration and Clinical Applications, Second Edition, provides comprehensive reviews on materials science, engineering principles and recent advances. Sections review the fundamentals of bone repair and regeneration, discuss the science and properties of biomaterials used for bone repair, including metals, ceramics, polymers and composites, and discuss clinical applications and considerations, with chapters on such topics as orthopedic surgery, tissue engineering, implant retrieval, and ethics of bone repair biomaterials. This second edition includes more chapters on relevant biomaterials and a greatly expanded section on clinical applications, including bone repair applications in dental surgery, spinal surgery, and maxilo-facial and skull surgery.

In addition, the book features coverage of long-term performance and failure of orthopedic devices. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers, scientists and clinicians concerned with the repair and restoration of bone.

Contents:

Part 1: Bone Repair Biomaterials 1. Challenges of bone repair 2. Bone anatomy, physiology and adaptation to mechanical loading 3. Bone repair and regeneration 4. Biomechanical aspects of bone repair

Part 2: Biomaterials 5. Properties and characterisation of bone repair materials 6. Metals as bone repair materials

Part 3: Surface coating of titanium 7. Ceramics as bone repair materials 8. Polymers for bone repair 9. Composite biomaterials for bone repair 10. Cements as bone repair materials 11. Bioactive polymer coatings to improve bone repair

Part 4: Clinical Applications 12. Using bone repair materials in orthopaedic surgery 13. Using bone repair materials in dental surgery 14. Using bone repair materials in spinal surgery 15. Using bone repair materials in maxilo-facial and skull surgery 16. Bone tissue engineering

Part 5: Advanced manufacturing/3D printing? 17. Long-term performance and failure of orthopaedic devices 18. Retrieval and analysis of orthopaedic implants 19. Ethical issues in bone repair and bone tissue engineering