PURPOSE To compare histometrically, in rats, the bone healing after grafting the incisor extraction sockets with inorganic bovine bone or bioactive glass particles. MATERIAL The volume fraction of grafted materials and alveolar healing components was estimated in histologic images at the end of the second and ninth weeks postoperatively by a differential point-counting method. RESULTS Both ...

Abstract The increasing of dental implants needs to be supported by local materials’ development as a form independence for nation. With its rich natural resources, Indonesia has the potential used implant material. Dental materials can in bioceramic consisting bioactive, bioresorbable, and bioinert. One bioactive concern today is glass-ceramics from basalt rock. Meanwhile, hydroxyapatite mater...

Dendrimers comprise a category of branched materials with diverse functions that can be constructed with defined architectural and chemical structures. When decorated with bioactive ligands made of peptides and saccharides through peripheral chemical groups, dendrimer conjugates are turned into nanomaterials possessing attractive binding properties with the cognate receptors. At the cellular le...

Recent efforts in our laboratory have focused on developing methods for immobilizing bioactive peptides to low cell-adhesive dextran monolayer coatings and promoting biospecific cell adhesion for biomaterial implant applications. In the current study, this dextran-based bioactive coating technology was developed for silicon, polyimide, and gold, the base materials utilized to fabricate our prot...

Development of suitable materials that acts as an interface between the implant and tissues in body system structurally, mechanically and bio functionally is important for the success of tissue engineering. This motivated materials scientists and biologists to find out suitable bioactive materials for the aforementioned purpose. There has been growing interest in developing bioactive synthetic ...

1. Discusses the properties of enamel and dentin and their role in adhesive dental restoration;2. Chapters also examine the wear properties of dental ceramics, glasses and bioactive glass ceramics for tooth repair and replacement;3. Dental composites and antibacterial restorative materials are also considered;4. Provides a concise overview of non-metallic biomaterials for dental clinicians, mat...

The two main applications of silica-based materials in medicine and biotechnology, i.e. for bone-repairing devices and for drug delivery systems, are presented and discussed. The influence of the structure and chemical composition in the final characteristics and properties of every silica-based material is also shown as a function of the both applications presented. The adequate combination of...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate bacterial adhesion and early colonization on a composite consisting of bioactive glass (BAG) particles and copolymer of epsilon-caprolactone/D,L-lactide. Materials were incubated with suspensions of both type strains and clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa for 30 minutes (adhesion) and 4 hour...

milk proteins provide a natural source of bioactive peptides with potential health benefits and applications in the food industry. the release of these peptides from milk proteins is achieved either by hydrolysis using digestive proteases or by lactic acid bacteria fermentation. peptides, particularly those derived from milk proteins, can exert a wide range of nutritional, functional and biolog...

background and objective: chlorella vulgaris is a multi-cellular edible algal species with abundant proteins. extraction of high value protein fractions for pharmaceutical and nutritional applications can significantly increase the commercial value of microalga biomasses. there is no known report on the anticancer peptides derived from the chlorella vulgaris abundant protein. materials and meth...