New Calcium Phosphate Ceramic Material for Bone and Tooth Implants
- 1 July 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 50 (4), 860-861
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345710500041201
Abstract
Synthetic hydroxyapatite was fabricated into a white translucent polycrystalline ceramic that displays the hardness of natural apatite. The mineral composition of this product after sintering was chiefly dehydrated hydroxyapatite. In addition, a portion of the apatite was converted into α-whitlockite. Because of the similarities among the mineral compositions of bone and teeth and this ceramic, it offers prospects for implant prosthetic devices.Keywords
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