Calcium phosphate (CaP) bioceramics are widely used in the field of bone regeneration,
both in orthopedics and in dentistry, due to their good biocompatibility, osseointegration and …

Every day thousands of surgical procedures are performed to replace or repair tissue that
has been damaged through disease or trauma. The developing field of tissue engineering …

In the last few decades, we have assisted to a general increase of elder population
worldwide associated with age-related pathologies. Therefore, there is the need for new …

Amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs) represent a metastable amorphous state of other
calcium orthophosphates (abbreviated as CaPO4) possessing variable compositional but …

Biodegradable polymers and bioactive ceramics are being combined in a variety of
composite materials for tissue engineering scaffolds. Materials and fabrication routes for …

The fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine aim at promoting the
regeneration of tissues or replacing failing or malfunctioning organs, by means of combining …

The current gold standard of bone grafts is the autograft since it possesses all the
characteristics necessary for new bone growth, namely osteoconductivity, osteogenicity and …

Amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs) represent a unique class of biomedically relevant
calcium orthophosphate salts, having variable chemical but essentially identical glass-like …

Biodegradable polymer/bioceramic composite scaffolds can overcome the limitations of
conventional ceramic bone substitutes such as brittleness and difficulty in shaping …

Ceramic composites and scaffolds are popular implant materials in the field of dentistry,
orthopedics and plastic surgery. For bone tissue engineering especially CaP-ceramics or …