Principles of Bone Regeneration

✍ Scribed by Jona J. Sela, Itai A. Bab (auth.), Jona J. Sela, Itai A. Bab (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Principles of Bone Regeneration is a timely publication that addresses the modern aspects of bone healing and repair. This exciting new volume details the convergence of the different experimental and clinical approaches designed for the study and treatment of bone healing in its diverse forms and under varying conditions.

Bone healing is affected by a multitude of genetic, environmental, mechanical, cellular and endocrine variables which eventually lead to changes in gene expression that enhance the guided action of osteoblasts (and chondroblasts) to lay down bone that restores, or even improves, the skeletal load bearing capacity. Recent breakthroughs in understanding the regulatory aspects of bone formation and resorption, in both research and clinical arenas offer new modalities to induce, enhances and guide repair processes in bone for the benefit of millions of patients with conditions such as nonunion fractures, critical size defects, orthodontic tooth movement, periodontal bone loss, intraosseous implants and deformed bones.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Healing of Bone Fracture: General Concepts....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Bone Repair....Pages 11-41
Primary Mineralization....Pages 43-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Anabolic Agents in Bone Repair....Pages 51-58
Bone Repair in Diabetes....Pages 59-66
Cannabinoids in Bone Repair....Pages 67-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Bone Gene Therapy....Pages 81-96
Scaffolds in Skeletal Repair....Pages 97-117
Bone Reaction to Implants....Pages 119-126
Back Matter....Pages 127-154

✦ Subjects

Biomaterials; Imaging / Radiology; Medical Microbiology