Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics: Fundamentals and Applications presents topics on the functional properties, processing, and applications of bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics.
The primary use of bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics is to repair bone and dental defects; however, their full potential is yet to be reached. The research involving bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics is highly stimulating and continuously progressing across many different disciplines, including chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, biology and medicine.
Topics covered in this book include:
• Fundamentals on bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics, bioactive glasses in today’s market, and improvements and challenges for the future
• Scalability and other issues when taking bioactive glass from lab to industry/ commercialization applications, plus clinical challenges
• Trending topics such as bioactive glass porous scaffolds, additive manufacturing of bioactive glasses, and nano-engineering of bioactive glasses
• The various bioactive glass compositions, which have been developed as medical products in an expanding range of forms and applications
This book serves as a comprehensive reference for scientists, surgeons and physicians. Students and professors in the fields of chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, biology and medicine will also benefit from this text.
The primary use of bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics is to repair bone and dental defects; however, their full potential is yet to be reached. The research involving bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics is highly stimulating and continuously progressing across many different disciplines, including chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, biology and medicine.
Topics covered in this book include:
• Fundamentals on bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics, bioactive glasses in today’s market, and improvements and challenges for the future
• Scalability and other issues when taking bioactive glass from lab to industry/ commercialization applications, plus clinical challenges
• Trending topics such as bioactive glass porous scaffolds, additive manufacturing of bioactive glasses, and nano-engineering of bioactive glasses
• The various bioactive glass compositions, which have been developed as medical products in an expanding range of forms and applications
This book serves as a comprehensive reference for scientists, surgeons and physicians. Students and professors in the fields of chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, biology and medicine will also benefit from this text.