Overview

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.

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Author:   Heimo Ylänen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Volume:   36
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781845697686

ISBN 10:   1845697685
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   26 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780081009369
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributor contact details Introduction Part I: Materials and mechanical properties of bioactive glass Chapter 1: Melt-derived bioactive glasses Chapter 2: Surface modification of bioactive glasses Chapter 3: Cell interaction with bioactive glasses and ceramics Chapter 4: Regulatory aspects of bioactive glass Part II: Applications of bioactive glass Chapter 5: Bioactive glass and glass-ceramic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering Chapter 6: Nanoscaled bioactive glass particles and nanofibres Chapter 7: Bioactive glass containing composites for bone and musculoskeletal tissue engineering scaffolds Chapter 8: Use of bioactive glasses as bone substitutes in orthopaedics and traumatology Chapter 9: Bioactive glass S53P4 as a bone graft substitute in the treatment of osteomyelitis Chapter 10: Bioactive glass for maxillofacial and dental repair Chapter 11: Bioactive glass and biodegradable polymer composites Chapter 12: Bioactive glasses for wound healing Index

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Heimo O. Ylanen is Professor of biomaterials science at Tampere University of Technology, Finland.

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