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Electrical polarization of bioactive glass and assessment of their in vitro apatite deposition.

We evaluated the electrical polarizability of a bioactive glass of the 45S5 type (BG) by thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurement based on the effects of the surface charges generated by an electrical polarization treatment on the growth of calcium phosphate crystals in simulated body fluid (SBF). From the results of the TSDC measurements, the polarized BG showed broad peaks in the depolarization current density spectra. The stored electrical charges calculated from the TSDC measurements of the BG polarized with an electrical dc field of 10 V x cm(-1) at 500 degrees C for 1 h was 8.5 mC x cm(-2) and depended on the electrical dc field intensity. The depolarization of the BG was assumed to be due to a migration of sodium ions and influenced by transitions of the BG structure. The immersion tests with the SBF showed that the effects of the electrical polarization produced morphologic changes in the calcium phosphate deposit grown on the BG after the short period of 2 h. We expected the effects to be caused by a change in the ion concentrations in the surrounding SBF due to the surface charges of the polarized BG. The change in the ion concentrations induced the difference in the calcium phosphate deposition. Consequently, we confirmed that BG had an electrical polarizability, a possibility of storing large charges, and differences in the growth of the calcium phosphate deposit due to the effects of the surface charges.

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Bioactive glasses as accelerators of apatite bioactivity.

Synthetic carbonatehydroxyapatite is the ceramic closest to the mineral component of human bone and seems, therefore, the optimum material to use in osseous implants. However, in vitro assays performed to determine its bioactivity have shown no positive results after 2 months of assay. With the aim of improving this bioactivity, a new biphasic material was synthesized composed mainly of synthetic carbonatehydroxyapatite and only 5% of a sol-gel bioactive glass. In vitro assays were assessed to determine the bioactive behavior of this new material and revealed that the addition of a minimal amount of bioactive glass is enough to induce bioactivity on synthetic carbonatehydroxyapatites.

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Apatite formed on/in agarose gel as a bone-grafting material in the treatment of periodontal infrabony defect.

The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of a hydroxyapatite/agarose (HA/agarose) composite gel formed by a novel alternate soaking process for the treatment of periodontal infrabony defects in three dogs. After creating two-wall infrabony periodontal defects on the medial aspect of the maxillary and mandibular second and forth premolars, the defects were implanted with temporary dental filling material (stopping) to induce inflammatory periodontal disease. Two months later, the mucoperiosteal flaps were raised, and after debridement, the infrabony defects were filled with one of the following three materials: (a) HA/agarose, (b) Bone ject (True-Bone Ceramic-collagen combined bone graft material, Koken, Japan), or (c) no material implantation (negative control). The animals were then randomly scheduled for sacrifice at 1, 2, and 6 months, and samples were taken for histological examination. In the HA/agarose gels, the 2-month postoperative cavities exhibited regeneration to new attachments with the apposition of a new cementum and well-oriented fibers. The neocementum was narrow and acellular, and the new bone apposition was limited. Six months postoperatively, newly formed bone was predominantly observed. The neocementum was wider and cellular. In the negative control, the 2-month postoperative cavities exhibited no regeneration of the cementum, nor any formation of periodontal pockets. The six-month postoperative cavities were nearly the same as the 2-month cavities. The Bone ject, 2-month postoperative cavities exhibited no regeneration of the periodontal tissue, nor any formation of periodontal pockets. Six months postoperatively, inflammatory granulation tissue was observed around the particles. The present study suggests that HA/agarose gels may play an important role in the regeneration of lost periodontal tissue.

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Scanning electron microscopy-electron probe microanalysis study of the interface between apatite and wollastonite-containing glass-ceramic and rabbit tibia under load-bearing conditions after long-term implantation.

Glass-ceramic implants containing oxy- and fluoroapatite [Ca10(PO4)6(O, F2)] and beta-wollastonite (CaSiO3) were studied under load-bearing conditions in a segmental replacement model in the tibia of the rabbit. A 16-mm segment of the middle of the tibial shaft was resected at a point distal to the junction of the tibia and the fibula. The defect was replaced by a 15 mm-long hollow, cylindrical implant that was fixed by intramedullary nailing using Kirschner wire. The implants were 9 mm in diameter and 15 mm long bearing a central hole 3.05 mm in dianeter. The rabbits used were killed 6 months, 1 year, 18 months, and 2 years after implantation. The interface between the bone and the glass-ceramic was investigated by scanning electron microscopy-electron-probe microanalysis (SEM-EPMA). None of the glass-ceramic implants broke, and the glass-ceramic had bonded directly to the bone tissue without any intervening soft tissue. A calcium-phosphorus layer (Ca-P layer) was observed at the glass-ceramic/bone interface. This layer was 30-100 microns thick at 6 months after implantation, 60-110 microns thick at 1 year after implantation, 80-200 microns thick at 18 months, and 120-350 microns thick at 2 years. At the lateral surface of the glass-ceramic uncovered by the bone, the calcium-phosphorus layer was 50-80 microns thick at 6 months after implantation, 250-450 microns thick at 1 year, 300 approximately 400 microns thick at 18 months, and 300 microns thick at 2 years. The thickness of the calcium-phosphorus layer increased moderately after long-term implantation. However, it was difficult to estimate the rate of increase in the thickness of calcium-phosphorus layer.

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