Alloplasts are synthetic, inorganic, biocompatible bone substitutes that function as defect
fillers to repair skeletal defects. The acceptance of these substitutes by host tissues is …

This review provides an overview of various materials used in dentistry and oral and
maxillofacial surgeries to replace or repair bone defects. The choice of material depends on …

This review focuses on calcium phosphate-based bone substitute materials that are used (or
can be used) for teeth or bone replacement, bone repair, augmentation, or regeneration …

Various types of grafts have been traditionally used to restore damaged bones. In the late
1960s, a strong interest was raised in studying ceramics as potential bone grafts due to their …

Over the past 30 years, an enormous array of biomaterials proposed as ideal scaffolds for
cell growth have emerged, yet few have demonstrated clinical efficacy. Biomaterials …

Biomaterials and tissue engineering scaffolds play a central role to repair bone defects.
Although ceramic derivatives have been historically used to repair bone, hybrid materials …

Bone cements such as polymethyl methacrylate and calcium phosphates have been widely
used for the reconstruction of bone. Despite their remarkable clinical success, the low …

It has been close to a century since calcium phosphate materials were first used as bone
graft substitutes. Numerous studies conducted in the last two decades have produced a …

More than a decade of intensive investigative research has shown calcium phosphate
ceramic biomaterials to be safe and effective for a variety of restorative and preservative …

Life expectancy has been growing, and more people are developing bone diseases such as
arthritis and osteoporosis. Degenerative pathologies, injuries, and trauma can damage the …