Abstract
It is still a challenge to optimize the component distribution and microporous structures in scaffolds for tailoring biodegradation (ion releasing) and enhancing bone defect repair within an expected time stage. Herein, the core–shell-typed nonstoichiometric wollastonite (4% and 10% Mg-doping calcium silicate; CSiMg4, CSiMg10) macroporous scaffolds with microporous shells (adding ∼10 μm PS microspheres into shell-layer slurry) were fabricated via 3D printing. The initial mechanical properties and bio-dissolution (ion releasing) in vitro, and osteogenic capacity in vivo of the bioceramic scaffolds were evaluated systematically. It was shown that endowing high-density micropores in the sparingly dissolvable CSiMg10 or dissolvable CSiMg4 shell layer inevitably led to nearly 30% reduction of compressive strength, but such micropores could readily tune the ion release behaviour of the scaffolds (CSiMg4@CSiMg10 vs. CSiMg4@CSiMg10-p; CSiMg10@CSiMg4 vs. CSiMg10@CSiMg4-p). Based on the in rabbit femoral bone defect repair model, the 3D μCT reconstruction and histological observation demonstrated that the CSiMg4@CSiMg10-p scaffolds displayed markedly higher osteogenic capability than the other scaffolds after 12 weeks of implantation. It demonstrated that core–shell bioceramic 3D printing technique can be developed to fabricate single-phase or biphasic bioactive ceramic scaffolds with accurately tailored filament biodegradation for promoting bone defect regeneration and repair in some specific pathological conditions.
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