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2019

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Doctoral Dissertations

Bioactive glass

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Biomaterials For Bone Regeneration, Youqu Shen Jan 2019

Biomaterials For Bone Regeneration, Youqu Shen

Doctoral Dissertations

"The purpose of this Ph.D. research is to investigate and improve two classes of hydroxyapatite (HA)-based biomaterials for bone repair: calcium phosphate microspheres and bioactive silicate glass scaffolds. These biomaterials were prepared with modified compositions and microstructures and then were evaluated for bone regeneration.

The open HA microspheres with dense convex surfaces and rough and porous concave surfaces were obtained by sectioning closed hollow HA microspheres. Bone regeneration with the open HA microspheres was greater than with the closed HA microsphere at 12 weeks. Hollow biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) microspheres have been prepared with different fractions of HA and β-TCP …