Fundamental Biomaterials: Ceramics

Fundamental Biomaterials: Ceramics provides current information on ceramics and their conversion from base materials to medical devices. Initial chapters review biomedical applications and types of ceramics, with subsequent sections focusing on the properties of ceramics, and on corrosion, degradation and wear of ceramic biomaterials. The book is ideal for researchers and professionals in the development stages of design, but is also helpful to medical researchers who need to understand and communicate the requirements of a biomaterial for a specific application.

This title is the second in a three volume set, with each reviewing the most important and commonly used classes of biomaterials and providing comprehensive information on material properties, behavior, biocompatibility and applications. In addition, with the recent introduction of a number of interdisciplinary bio-related undergraduate and graduate programs, this book will be an appropriate reference volume for large number of students at undergraduate and post graduate levels

Provides current information on findings and developments of ceramics and their conversion from base materials to medical devicesIncludes analyses of the types of ceramics and a discussion of a range of biomedical applications and essential properties, including information on corrosion, degradation and wear, and lifetime prediction of ceramic biomaterialsExplores both theoretical and practical aspects of ceramics in biomaterials

1. Ceramic Biomaterials: An Introductory overview 2. Development of a Ceramic-Controlled Piezoelectric of Single Disc for Biomedical Applications 3. Ceramics as biomaterials for dental restoration 4. Ceramic biomaterials for tissue engineering 5. Inert ceramics 6. Bioactive glass ceramics 7. Bioceramics as drug delivery system 8. Bioceramics in orthopaedics 9. Mesoporous Ceramics as Drug Delivery Systems 10. Corrosion of Ceramic Materials 11. Nanostructural Bioceramics and applications 12. Bioactive Glass-Ceramic Scaffolds with High-Strength for Orthopedic Applications 13. Synthesis, Microstructure and Properties of High-Strength Porous Ceramics 14. Characterization and stability of bioactive ceramic composite material and bonding to bone 15. Optical behavior of current ceramic systems 16. Long-term clinical success of all-ceramic posterior restorations 17. Reducing the failure potential of ceramic-based restorations: Ceramic inlays, crowns, veneers, and bridges 18. Recent developments in restorative dental ceramics 19. Degradative effects of the biological environment on ceramics 20. Toxicity of Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications