(eBook) Advances in Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials by Besim Ben-Nissan

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Table of Contents

Introduction to Synthetic and Biologic Apatites.- Clinical applications of hydroxyapatite in orthopaedics.- Bioactive glass: Chronology, Characterization and Genetic Control of Tissue Regeneration.- The essential role of calcium phosphate bioceramics in bone regeneration.- Self-Assembly and Nano-Layering of Apatitic Calcium Phosphates in Biomaterials.- Signal Molecule-Calcium Phosphate Composites: Novel Approaches to Controlling Cellular and/or Biological Reactions and Functions.- Calcium phosphate cement.- Characterization of calcium phosphates using vibrational spectroscopies.- A review of hydroxyapatite coatings manufactured by thermal spray.- Bioactive composites reinforced with inorganic glasses and glass-ceramics for tissue engineering applications.- Development of Skeletal Drug Delivery System Based on Apatite/Collagen Composite Cement.- Nanocrystalline Apatite-Based Biomaterials and Stem Cells in Orthopaedics.- Marine Structures as Templates for Biomaterials.- Calcium phosphate derived from foraminifera structures as drug delivery systems and for bone tissue engineering.- History of Calcium Phosphates in Regenerative Medicine.- Advances in Calcium Phosphate Nano-coatings and Nano-composites.- Fundamental Structure and Properties of Enamel, Dentin and Cementum.