Bioactive Glasses. Materials, Properties and Applications

✍ Scribed by H.O. Ylänen (Eds.)

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 277
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Due to their biocompatibility and bioactivity, bioactive glasses are used as highly effective implant materials throughout the human body to replace or repair damaged tissue. As a result, they have been in continuous use since shortly after their invention in the late 1960s and are the subject of extensive research worldwide.

Bioactive glasses provides readers with a detailed review of the current status of this unique material, its properties, technologies and applications. Chapters in part one deal with the materials and mechanical properties of bioactive glass, examining topics such as surface modification and cell interaction. Part two is focussed on the applications of bioactive glasses, covering their uses in wound healing, maxillofacial surgery and bone tissue engineering, among other topics.

With its distinguished editor and expert team of contributors, Bioactive glasses is an invaluable reference for researchers and scientists in the field of biomaterials, both in academia and in industry.

• Provides a detailed review of bioactive glasses, its properties, technologies and applications
• An invaluable reference for researchers and scientists in the field of biomaterials, both in academia and in industry
• Comprehensively covers materials and mechanical properties of bioactive glass and its applications, including wound healing, maxillofacial surgery and bone tissue engineering

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Frontmatter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributor contact details, Pages ix-xi, H.O. Ylänen, L. Hupa, J. Chang, Y.L. Zhou, Y. Zhou, R.P.K. Penttinen, S. Lindgren, T. Pänkäläinen, J. Lucchesi, F. Ollila, X. Chatzistavrou, A.R. Boccaccini, P. Newby, M. Erol, A.R. Boccaccini, S. Verrier, J.E. Gough, A.R. Boccaccini, J. Heikkilä, N.C. Lindfors, M.J. Peltola, et al.
Introduction, Pages xii-xiii, Heimo O. Ylanen
1 - Melt-derived bioactive glasses, Pages 3-28, L. Hupa
2 - Surface modification of bioactive glasses, Pages 29-52, J. Chang, Y.L. Zhou, Y. Zhou
3 - Cell interaction with bioactive glasses and ceramics, Pages 53-84, R.P.K. Penttinen
4 - Regulatory aspects of bioactive glass, Pages 85-103, S. Lindgren, T. Pänkäläinen, J. Lucchesi, F. Ollila
5 - Bioactive glass and glass-ceramic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, Pages 107-128, X. Chatzistavrou, P. Newby, A.R. Boccaccini
6 - Nanoscaled bioactive glass particles and nanofibres, Pages 129-161, M. Erol, A.R. Boccaccini
7 - Bioactive glass containing composites for bone and musculoskeletal tissue engineering scaffolds, Pages 162-188, S. Verrier, J.E. Gough, A.R. Boccaccini
8 - Use of bioactive glasses as bone substitutes in orthopaedics and traumatology, Pages 189-208, J. Heikkilä
9 - Bioactive glass S53P4 as a bone graft substitute in the treatment of osteomyelitis, Pages 209-216, N.C. Lindfors
10 - Bioactive glass for maxillofacial and dental repair, Pages 217-226, M.J. Peltola, K.M.J. Aitasalo
11 - Bioactive glass and biodegradable polymer composites, Pages 227-245, T. Niemelä, M. Kellomäki
12 - Bioactive glasses for wound healing, Pages 246-266, M. Shah Mohammadi, C. Stähli, S.N. Nazhat
Index, Pages 267-273