Main description:

Advances in Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials presents a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the latest advances in developing calcium phosphate biomaterials and their applications in medicine. It covers the fundamental structures, synthesis methods, characterization methods, and the physical and chemical properties of calcium phosphate biomaterials, as well as the synthesis and properties of calcium phosphate-based biomaterials in regenerative medicine and their clinical applications. The book brings together these new concepts, mechanisms and methods in contributions by both young and "veteran" academics, clinicians, and researchers to forward the knowledge and expertise on calcium phosphate and related materials. Accordingly, the book not only covers the fundamentals but also open new avenues for meeting future challenges in research and clinical applications.

Besim Ben-Nissan is a Professor of Chemistry and Forensic Science at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Contents:

Introduction to Synthetic and Biologic Apatites.- Clinical applications of hydroxyapatite in orthopaedics.- Bioactive glass: Chronology, Characterization and Genetic Control of Tissue Regeneration.- The essential role of calcium phosphate bioceramics in bone regeneration.- Self-Assembly and Nano-Layering of Apatitic Calcium Phosphates in Biomaterials.- Signal Molecule-Calcium Phosphate Composites: Novel Approaches to Controlling Cellular and/or Biological Reactions and Functions.- Calcium phosphate cement.- Characterization of calcium phosphates using vibrational spectroscopies.- A review of hydroxyapatite coatings manufactured by thermal spray.- Bioactive composites reinforced with inorganic glasses and glass-ceramics for tissue engineering applications.- Development of Skeletal Drug Delivery System Based on Apatite/Collagen Composite Cement.- Nanocrystalline Apatite-Based Biomaterials and Stem Cells in Orthopaedics.- Marine Structures as Templates for Biomaterials.- Calcium phosphate derived from foraminifera structures as drug delivery systems and for bone tissue engineering.- History of Calcium Phosphates in Regenerative Medicine.- Advances in Calcium Phosphate Nano-coatings and Nano-composites.- Fundamental Structure and Properties of Enamel, Dentin and Cementum.