[HTML][HTML] Advances in silicon nitride ceramic biomaterials for dental applications–A review

H Mohammadi, S Beddu, M Petrů, M Sepantafar… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Titanium and its alloys have been utilized as the preferred material for dental implants due to
its mechanical and biological performance leading to high clinical success rates …

Recent advances in the application and biological mechanism of silicon nitride osteogenic properties: a review

Z Liu, R Wang, W Liu, Y Liu, X Feng, F Zhao… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon nitride, an emerging bioceramic material, is highly sought after in the biomedical
industry due to its osteogenesis-promoting properties, which are a result of its unique …

Silicon nitride: a bioceramic with a gift

G Pezzotti - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the closing decades of the 20th century, silicon nitride (Si3N4) was extensively developed
for high-temperature gas turbine applications. Technologists attempted to take advantage of …

Human osteoblasts grow transitional Si/N apatite in quickly osteointegrated Si3N4 cervical insert

G Pezzotti, N Oba, W Zhu, E Marin, A Rondinella… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4) ceramics possesses surface chemistry that accelerates
bone repair, as previously established by in vitro experiments using both osteosarcoma and …

Incorporating Si3N4 into PEEK to Produce Antibacterial, Osteocondutive, and Radiolucent Spinal Implants

G Pezzotti, E Marin, T Adachi, F Lerussi… - Macromolecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a popular polymeric biomaterial which is primarily used as
an intervertebral spacer in spinal fusion surgery; but it is developed for trauma …

Bioactive silicon nitride: A new therapeutic material for osteoarthropathy

G Pezzotti, E Marin, T Adachi, A Rondinella… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
While the reciprocity between bioceramics and living cells is complex, it is principally
governed by the implant's surface chemistry. Consequently, a deeper understanding of the …

3D-additive deposition of an antibacterial and osteogenic silicon nitride coating on orthopaedic titanium substrate

M Zanocco, F Boschetto, W Zhu, E Marin… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
A 3D-additive manufacturing approach produced a dense Si 3 N 4 ceramic coating on a
biomedical grade commercially pure titanium (cp-Ti) substrate by an automatic laser …

Silicon nitride surface chemistry: A potent regulator of mesenchymal progenitor cell activity in bone formation

G Pezzotti, RM Bock, T Adachi, A Rondinella… - Applied Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polycrystalline silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4), sintered with the addition of minor fractions of yttrium
and aluminum oxides (ie, Y 2 O 3 and Al 2 O 3), possesses uniquely adjustable surface …

In Situ Raman Study of Neurodegenerated Human Neuroblastoma Cells Exposed to Outer-Membrane Vesicles Isolated from Porphyromonas gingivalis

G Pezzotti, T Adachi, H Imamura, DR Bristol… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to elucidate the chemistry of cellular degeneration in human
neuroblastoma cells upon exposure to outer-membrane vesicles (OMVs) produced by …

Silicon nitride, a bioceramic for bone tissue engineering: A reinforced cryogel system with antibiofilm and osteogenic effects

SS Lee, L Laganenka, X Du, WD Hardt… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Silicon nitride (SiN [Si3N4]) is a promising bioceramic for use in a wide variety of orthopedic
applications. Over the past decades, it has been mainly used in industrial applications, such …