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An Improved Mechanical Testing Method to Assess Bone-implant Anchorage
Published on: February 10, 2014
[Research progress on the effect of surface charge of biomaterials on bone formation]
Shaotai Wang1,2, Dongsheng Song1,2, Chunyan Qiao3,2
1Department of Orthodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R.China.
Abstract:
With the continuous progress of materials science and biology, the significance of biomaterials with dual characteristics of materials science and biology is keeping on increasing. Nowadays, more and more biomaterials are being used in tissue engineering, pharmaceutical engineering and regenerative medicine. In repairing bone defects caused by trauma, tumor invasion, congenital malformation and other factors, a variety of biomaterials have emerged with different characteristics, such as surface charge, surface wettability, surface composition, immune regulation and so on, leading to significant differences in repair effects. This paper mainly discusses the influence of surface charge of biomaterials on bone formation and the methods of introducing surface charge, aiming to promote bone formation by changing the charge distribution on the surface of the biomaterials to serve the clinical treatment better.
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