Glasses with Medical Applications

Bioactive glasses react chemically with the body fluids. The reaction product is an apatite, which, with the intervention of biological drivers, assists the generation of bone matrix and bone growth. The main application of these bioactive glasses in the clinical field is the filling of osseous cavi...

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Published in:European journal of inorganic chemistry 2003-03, Vol.2003 (6), p.1029-1042
Main Authors: Vallet-Regí, María, Ragel, C. Victoria, Salinas, Antonio J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Glasses
Materials science
Metallic coatings
Organic-inorganic hybrid composites
Textural properties
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Summary:Bioactive glasses react chemically with the body fluids. The reaction product is an apatite, which, with the intervention of biological drivers, assists the generation of bone matrix and bone growth. The main application of these bioactive glasses in the clinical field is the filling of osseous cavities, manufacture of small parts for middle ear bone replacement and maxilofacial reconstruction and dental applications. Thanks to advances in related medical technologies, bioactive glasses are now undergoing a new stage of development, resulting in different mechanical properties, drug delivery capabilities, bioactive coating of metallic implants, protein and/or cell activation for tissue regeneration and tissue engineering, and are also finding use in biomimetics, nanotechnology, production of hybrid organic‐inorganic materials and as bioactivity accelerators of mineral apatites or as bioactivity inductors of magnetic materials for hyperthermia treatment of osseous tumours. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)
ISSN:1434-1948
1099-0682
DOI:10.1002/ejic.200390134