Overview
Presents a multidisciplinary approach, from materials properties and medical device performance to new treatment options and the clinician’s attitude
Reviews the latest applications of bioceramics and biocomposites in bone tissue engineering, remodelling and regeneration
Describes the essential requirements for resorbable bioceramics and biocomposites in clinical applications
Reviews clinical performance especially in dentistry and orthopaedics
Organized for use in instructional course lectures
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (44 entries)
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Materials Engineering and Biological Interactions: Biomimetic Strategies
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Materials Engineering and Biological Interactions: Surface Engineering and Interactions with Living Cells
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Front Matter
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Clinical Performance in Bioresorbable and Load-Bearing Applications: Orthopedics
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Clinical Performance in Bioresorbable and Load-Bearing Applications: Dentistry
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About this book
This authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art in the development and use of bioceramics and biocomposites can also serve as the basis of instructional course lectures for audiences ranging from advanced undergraduate students to post-graduates in materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
At BIOMAT, he has worked on metallic biomaterials used for different orthopedic and dental applications, such as hip prostheses, implants for trauma, dental prostheses. Since 2005, Iulian Antoniac has been associated with the Biomaterials program in the Faculty of Medical Engineering, which is focused on tissue engineering, scaffolds characterization, medical image processing and the development of new implants for medical applications. Dr. Antoniac has published widely, with over 30 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, 140 papers published in the proceedings of conferences, and contributed to and edited several books. In 2005, he received the Daniel Bunea Award from the Romanian Society for Biomaterials.
Dr. Antoniac’s research interests include: Microscopy for materials characterization, Metallic biomaterials for orthopedic application, Retrieval analysis of explants, Bone regeneration, Physical and chemical characterization of nano- and micro- particles for biomedical application, Biodegradable biomaterials. Present areas of research work: metallic biomaterials, surface modification, tissue engineering, biocomposites, scaffolds, interaction tissue-biomaterials, biointerfaces, retrieval analysis of explants, bone regeneration, magnetic nanoparticles.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Bioceramics and Biocomposites
Editors: Iulian Vasile Antoniac
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12460-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12459-9Published: 10 May 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12460-5Published: 20 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 1386
Number of Illustrations: 153 b/w illustrations, 214 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Orthopedics, Dentistry, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Materials Engineering