Preparation and Characterization of Tricalcium Phosphate Bone Cements

Abstracts of the 52nd International Scientific Conference of Riga Technical University : Section: Material Science and Applied Chemistry 2011
Linda Vecbiškena, Zilgma Irbe, Līga Bērziņa-Cimdiņa

Calcium phosphate (CaP) bone cements are widely used as synthetic bone graft substitutes in non-load bearing sites due to their bioactivity, biocompatibility and hardening in situ. There still are potential of improvements on tricalcium phosphate (TCP) based bone cements. The phase composition and morphology, cohesion, setting time, mechanical properties and good in vitro cell viability of TCP bone cements are very important for clinical application. The aim of this work is to prepare the TCP bone cements using simple methods and raw materials. Properties of four different solid phase compositions (β-TCP, α-/β-TCP, α-TCP) were investigated.

Keywords
tricalcium phosphate, calcium phosphate bone cements

Vecbiškena, L., Irbe, Z., Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, L. Preparation and Characterization of Tricalcium Phosphate Bone Cements. In: Abstracts of the 52nd International Scientific Conference of Riga Technical University : Section: Material Science and Applied Chemistry, Latvia, Rīga, 13-15 October, 2011. Riga: RTU Publishing House, 2011, pp.105-105. ISBN 978-9934-10-181-6.

Publication language
English (en)