Main description:

This book is part of a two-part volume book that highlights the latest advances in innovative bioceramics applied in the highly interdisciplinary area referred to as "translational medicine". This volume predominantly written by surgeons in the fields of craniomaxillofacial, orthopedics, and spinal surgery, examines the translation of innovative bioceramics and bioceramics-based composite from the laboratory to a personalized surgical environment for the repair of damaged and diseased bone tissues. This book also covers the topic of osteoporosis, a skeletal disorder in which the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized it as a public health emergency due to the high number of subjects who exhibited the disease and the morbidity and mortality related to fractures. The book caters to biomaterials researchers and medical clinicians who are interested in incorporating innovative bioceramics to the above-mentioned applications.

Contents:

Preface.- Past and Future of Wound Dressing in Soft and Hard Tissue Surgery.- 3D Printing and Bioprinting of Biomaterials and Bioceramic Scaffolds: Clinical Outcomes and Implications in Bone Tissue Engineering and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery.- Bioresorbable Bone Fixation Devices for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.- Tissue Engineering Strategies for Craniomaxillofacial Surgery: Current Trends in 3D-Printed Bioactive Ceramic Scaffolds.- Clinical Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies: Key Technological Advances and Treatment of Osteoporosis.- Antibody Treatment and Osteoporosis: Clinical Perspective.- Fabrication of Fully Artificial Carbonate Apatite Bone Substitutes.- Smart Bioceramics for Orthopedic Applications.- Bone Morphogenic Proteins and Bioceramic Scaffolds in Orthopedics.- Spine Surgery - Part I: Biomechanics, Materials, and 3-D Printing Technology: Surgical Perspective and Clinical Impact.- Spine Surgery - Part II: Ceramic and Non-Ceramic Bone Substitutes: A Surgical Perspective.- Orthopedic Application of Collagen-Hydroxyapatite Bone Substitutes: A Clinical Perspective.