Porous metal has been introduced to obtain biological fixation and improve longevity of
orthopedic implants. The new generation of porous metal has intriguing characteristics that …

The biological interface between an orthopedic implant and the surrounding host tissue may
have a dramatic effect upon clinical outcome. Desired effects include bony ingrowth …

Simulated body fluid (SBF) is an acellular, protein-free, supersaturated calcium-phosphate
solution with ionic composition nearly equal to that of human blood plasma and generally …

Cementless fixation for orthopedic implants aims to obviate challenges associated with bone
cement, providing long-term stability of bone prostheses after implantation. The application …

Ti6Al4V lattice structures were fabricated using selective laser melting with a wide range of
processing parameters, namely laser power and scan speed, in order to study their effect on …

Porous NiTi scaffolds display unique bone-like properties including low stiffness and
superelastic behavior which makes them promising for biomedical applications. The present …

Biomaterials are invariably in contact with living tissues. Thus, interactions between the
surface of a synthetic material and biological environment must be well understood. This …

Recently, an increasing amount of research has focused on the biological and mechanical
behavior of highly porous structures of metallic biomaterials, as implant materials for dental …

Micro porous hydroxyapatite (HAp) had drawn great attention in the field of tissue
engineering due to its numerous applications such as tissue regeneration, dental, drug …

Due to problems such as the stress-shielding effect, strength–ductility trade-off dilemma, and
use of rare-earth, expensive elements with high melting points in Ti alloys, the need for the …