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α-Tricalcium phosphate: Synthesis, properties and biomedical applications

Raúl García Carrodeguas, +1 more
- 01 Oct 2011 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 10, pp 3536-3546
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It is as biocompatible as β-TCP, but more soluble, and hydrolyses rapidly to calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite, which makes α- TCP a useful component for preparing self-setting osteotransductive bone cements and biodegradable bioceramics and composites for bone repairing.
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Comparison of Effects of Mixing and Infiltration of Hydroxyapatite with Calcium Nitrate

jiapeng Qi
TL;DR: In this paper, a controlled gradient of CaO close to the exterior surface was designed by infiltration to enhance the release of calcium ions to promote the cell expansion and growth of HSCs.
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From Synthesis to Clinical Trial: Novel Bioinductive Calcium Deficient HA/β-TCP Bone Grafting Nanomaterial

TL;DR: In this article , a calcium deficient HA/β-TCP bone grafting nanomaterial was developed to improve the success rate of maxillary sinus augmentation procedures without any early postoperative complications.
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Review: New research progress of modified bone cement applied for vertebroplasty.

TL;DR: Bone Cement is a biomaterial injected into the vertebral body that must have good biocompatibility and biosafety as discussed by the authors , and the optimization of the characteristics of bone cement has become of great interest.
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Calcium Nutrition of Broilers: Current Perspectives and Challenges

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors highlight the recent advances in the measurement of ileal Ca digestibility of Ca sources and digestible Ca requirement of broilers, as well as aspects of homeostatic control mechanisms, different Ca sources, and factors influencing ca digestibility in poultry are covered.
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Evaluating the suitability of fast sintering techniques for the consolidation of calcium phosphate scaffolds produced by DLP

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used Digital Light Processing (DLP) from β-TCP powder and sintered by conventional sintering in air (CSA), Rapid Sintering-in-Air (RSA), and pressureless spark plasma (pl-SPSP) at four different temperatures: 1200, 1300, 1400 and 1500 ºC.
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Structure and chemistry of the apatites and other calcium orthophosphates

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TL;DR: Calcium phosphates have a great biological and medical significance and in this review, an overview of the current knowledge in this subject is given.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors define and define the definitions and theorems of group theory and symmetry groups, and present a mathematical model of symmetry groups for Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds.
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Calcium orthophosphates in medicine: from ceramics to calcium phosphate cements.

TL;DR: The main goal of this article is to provide a simple, but comprehensive presentation of CaP compounds.
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