Bioceramics and the Human Body

Abstract

Introductory Report.- 1. Surgery of the prosthetic implantations.- Fifteen years' experiences with alumina-ceramic total hip-joint endoprotheses: a clinical, histological and tribological analysis.- Bio-functional adaptive behavior to ceramic implants.- A review on the aseptic total hip replacement failures.- Solving of prosthetic problems through bioceramics.- Hand MP joint implant arthroplasty: the state of the art. Advantages and disadvantages of the most common implant arthroplasties.- Alumina total joint replacement of the first metatarso phalangeal joint: a biomechanical study of the design.- Titanium hydroxylapatite coated metacarpo-phalangeal and interphalangeal implant.- Hydroxyapatite coated plate in the surgical treatment of the forearm non union with bone loss.- A study on HA-coated titanium dental implants, part I: stress analysis of dental implant.- A study on HA-coated titanium dental implants, part II: coating properties in vivo, implant design and clinical evaluation.- Rehabilitation of radical mastoidectomy cavities with calcium phosphate ceramics.- Clinical results of IMZ dental implants.- Direct composite-ceramic restorations: a clinical study.- Articulation of ceramic surfaces against polyethylene.- Hip anatomical uncemented ceramic arthroplasty (AN.C.A.): results at a 3-year follow-up.- 2. Bioceramics: properties and their technology of production.- Fluorapatite and hydroxyapatite heat-treated coatings for dental implants.- Porous titanium implants with and without hydroxyapatite coating.- Surface reactivity and biocompatibility of bulk glass and glass coatings.- Plasma spray systems for the deposition of materials for biomedical applications.- Bioceramics for maxillofacial applications.- Nucleation and growth of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate on titanium alloy substrates.- Relationships between bulk and surface structure and biomaterial biocompatibility.- Experimental study on the properties of hydroxyapatite coated implants.- Physico-chemical characterization of hydroxyapatite of unknown manufacture.- Application of ceramic composites as implants: results and problems.- Radioactivity measurements of zirconia powders.- Microstructural analysis of bioceramic materials.- Yttria and calcia partially stabilized zirconia for biomedical applications.- Mechanical properties of plasma sprayed ceramic coatings on orthopaedic implants.- Plasma-spray coating of titanium supports with various ceramics: a study at the interface.- Microstructure and microanalysis of bioglasses and glass-ceramics from the MgO-CaO-P2O5-SiO2 system with ZrO2.- The colour of aluminium oxide ceramic implants.- Dental ceramics and composite resins as restorative materials.- Reinforced silver glass-ionomer cement and light-cured H.E.M.A. glassionomer cement under silver-amalgam restorations: a microleakage study.- Tensile bond strength of dental porcelain to dental composite resins.- Glass-ionomer cements as base for composite restorations.- 3. Biological characterization and effects on bioceramics.- Systemic control of tissue and cell reactions relating to ceramic implants.- In vitro cytocompatibility and tissue reaction to ceramics.- Bioceramics in orthopaedic surgery: know how, status and preliminary results.- Osseointegration of hydroxyapatite-coated and uncoated bulk alumina implants in the femur of Gottingen minipigs: mechanical testing of bonding strength.- Thromboresistance of Ti6A14V, coated with a thin film of turbostratic carbon, for cardiovascular applications.- TCP-impurities in HA-granules and crystalinity changes in plasmaflamesprayed HA-coatings detected by spectroscopical methods and their consequences.- Longterm stability of TiN.- In vitro toxicity of fine particles of hydroxyapatite.- Differences in behaviour of cultured fetal rat osteoblasts upon bioglass and nonreactive glasses.- Complement activation by ceramics.- Sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and proliferation rate index (PRI): the application of cytogenetic methods in biocompatibility field.- Surface coating of PECVD a-SiC:H to improve biocompatibility.- Bone tissue response to hydroxyapatite-coated and uncoated titanium wire-MESHS in an infected site: results of an animal experiment.- Biocompatibility of siliconcarbide and siliconnitride ceramics: results of an animal experiment.- Effect of TiO2 ceramic precursors on human lymphocyte mitogenesis.- Experimental study of two corals used as bone implant in the sheep.- Interfacial study of some inert and active ceramics implanted in bone.- Surface charge of the bioglass treated by a physiological solution.- In vivo study of a new active glass for bone repair: short term results.- A study of hydroxyapatite ceramics and its osteogenesis.- Biological apatite as a material for artificial bone: a preliminary investigation on its possibility.- 4. Analytical techniques and standards.- The design and manufacture of joint prostheses and stress distribution.- Biomechanical principles of the surgical treatment of the long bones non unions.- Quality control and soviet standards for bioceramics.- Physico-chemical techniques to characterize structure and composition of interfaces involving bioceramics: potentiality and limits.- Problems concerning the industrial production of alumina ceramic components for hip joint prostheses.- Bulk and thin film carbon materials for biomedical applications: quality control criteria and procedures.- Development of a human bone marrow cell culture to test the cytocompatibility of bulk hydroxyapatite materials.- Finite element analysis of a ceramic hip-joint head and its failure mode due to a crack in the material.- Research, planning and design of ear ossicle prototypes based on Al2O3, hydroxyapatite and ZrO2.- Preliminary tests to determine the influence of sterilization and storage on compressive strength of hydroxyapatite cylinders.- A study of the methodology for treatment of titanium substrates to be coated with hydroxyapatite.- Stress analyses of pull-off tests for strength measurements of coatings.- Cell adhesion strength to bioceramics and its mathematical model.- Index of contributors.