Calcium phosphate bioceramics: a review of their history, structure, properties, coating technologies and biomedical applications

N Eliaz, N Metoki - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Calcium phosphate (CaP) bioceramics are widely used in the field of bone regeneration,
both in orthopedics and in dentistry, due to their good biocompatibility, osseointegration and …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium phosphates in biomedical applications: materials for the future?

W Habraken, P Habibovic, M Epple, M Bohner - Materials today, 2016 - Elsevier
Our populations are aging. Some experts predict that 30% of hospital beds will soon be
occupied by osteoporosis patients. Statistics show that 20% of patients suffering from an …

Synthetic amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs): Preparation, structure, properties, and biomedical applications

SV Dorozhkin - Biomaterials Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs) represent a metastable amorphous state of other
calcium orthophosphates (abbreviated as CaPO4) possessing variable compositional but …

Ion-association complexes unite classical and non-classical theories for the biomimetic nucleation of calcium phosphate

WJEM Habraken, J Tao, LJ Brylka, H Friedrich… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Despite its importance in many industrial, geological and biological processes, the
mechanism of crystallization from supersaturated solutions remains a matter of debate …

Amorphous calcium phosphates: synthesis, properties and uses in biomaterials

C Combes, C Rey - Acta biomaterialia, 2010 - Elsevier
This review paper on amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs) provides an update on
several aspects of these compounds which have led to many studies and some controversy …

Calcium orthophosphates: crystallization and dissolution

L Wang, GH Nancollas - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Calcium orthophosphates are the main mineral constituents of bones and teeth, and there is
great interest in understanding the physical mechanisms that underlie their growth …

Amorphous calcium (ortho) phosphates

SV Dorozhkin - Acta biomaterialia, 2010 - Elsevier
Amorphous calcium phosphates (ACPs) represent a unique class of biomedically relevant
calcium orthophosphate salts, having variable chemical but essentially identical glass-like …

Amorphous calcium phosphate is a major component of the forming fin bones of zebrafish: Indications for an amorphous precursor phase

J Mahamid, A Sharir, L Addadi… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
A fundamental question in biomineralization is the nature of the first-formed mineral phase.
In vertebrate bone formation, this issue has been the subject of a long-standing controversy …

Mapping amorphous calcium phosphate transformation into crystalline mineral from the cell to the bone in zebrafish fin rays

J Mahamid, B Aichmayer, E Shimoni… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The continuously forming fin bony rays of zebrafish represent a simple bone model system
in which mineralization is temporally and spatially resolved. The mineralized collagen fibrils …

Apatite formation: why it may not work as planned, and how to conclusively identify apatite compounds

C Drouet - BioMed research international, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Calcium phosphate apatites are inorganic compounds encountered in many different
mineralized tissues. Bone mineral, for example, is constituted of nanocrystalline …