Marta Miola

TL;DR: A new unified method for testing dissolution rates of bioactive glasses and their variants, and the formation of calcium phosphate layer formation on their surface, which is an indicator of bioactivity is proposed and validated.

TL;DR: The objective is to provide the orthopaedic surgeons clear and concise information for the correct choice of cement in their clinical practice, focusing on properties, merits, and defects of the antibiotic loaded cement.

TL;DR: In this paper, a bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold characterised by a network of pores and struts were obtained using the sponge impregnation method, which showed an interconnected macroporous network with pores exceeding 100μm to favor cell penetration and vascularisation.

TL;DR: The advantages deriving from the versatility of the sol-gel method compared to the traditional melt-quenching route will be underlined in terms of bioactivity, compositions, and processing parameters.

TL;DR: Comparisons of bioactive materials with different surface features to verify the mechanisms of action and the relationship with kinetics and type of precipitated hydroxyapatite over time suggest that the OH groups on the surface have several effects: the total number of theOH groups mainly affects hydrophilicity of surfaces, while the isoelectric points, surface charge and ions attraction mainly depend on OH acidic/basic strength.