Although implants made with bioactive glass have shown promising results for bone repair, their application in repairing load-bearing long bones is limited due to their low fracture toughness and fairly fast degradation response in vivo. In this paper, we describe our investigation of freeform extrusion fabrication of silicate based 13-93 bioactive glass scaffolds reinforced with titanium fiber...

OBJECTIVE To explore the application value of injectable bioactive glass in the restoration of the oral bone defect. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included 58 consecutive patients with oral bone defect > 1 mm, these patients were randomly assigned to a control group (n=26, Hydroxyapatite bioceramics) and an observation group (n=32, Injectable bioactive glass). The purpose of this study was ...

The guided bone regeneration (GBR) procedure has been used successfully when there is insufficient bone volume for implant placement 1-3) . Bone graft materials are used in conjunction with barrier membranes to improve the outcomes of GBR procedures: they stabilize the blood clot, prevent membrane shrinkage and maintain the space available for new bone formation beneath the membrane 4-6) . Auto...

AIM To evaluate the effects of two different resin coating materials on the clinical performance of a conventional glass ionomer sealant. MATERIALS AND METHODS Permanent first mandibular molars of 60 children aged 6-9 years were sealed with Fuji VII. In each child, G-Coat Plus coating agent was applied to molars on one side and Heliobond coating agent to molars on the opposite side of the mou...

Dual-coated optical fibers provide easier stripping and less sensitivity to micro-bending. Despite a record of success in the field, dual-coated fibers can still pose a challenge within the manufacturing environment since they are susceptible to developing physical anomalies during processing and fiber-handling. Although these anomalies are believed to be benign, there are very few published re...

Macor coatings on 316 alloys substrates were prepared by plasma spraying. The crystallization temperature, thermal expansion coefficient of mica glass-ceramic were at 900ºC and 40× 10−7/◦C respectively. The microhardness of obtained glass-ceramic coating was 6.8GPa and the coefficient friction was 0.98 . 

Bioactive and bioresorbable composite materials were fabricated using macroporous poly(DL-lactide) (PDLLA) foams coated with and impregnated by bioactive glass (Bioglass) particles. Stable and homogeneous Bioglass coatings on the surface of PDLLA foams as well as infiltration of Bioglass particles throughout the porous network were achieved using a slurry-dipping technique in conjunction with p...