Bone grafting has increasingly been used in surgical procedures for enhanced bone augmentation. Tooth-derived graft material received considerable attention due to its chemical composition and autogenous source that can improve tissue healing. The main aim of this study was provide a short comprehensive review on the composition, morphological aspects, clinical outcomes using tooth-derived matr...

In low-strength ammonium wastewater (LSAWW) treatment, the application of anammox-based process is still limited due to extreme instability and poor nitrogen removal rate (NRR). this work, granule sludge, comprised functional microbes hydroxyapatite (HAP), was inoculated cultivated in a one-stage partial nitritation/anammox (PNA) reactor for LSAWW treatment. The results showed that at hydraulic...

Carbonate-substituted hydroxyapatite (CHA) is more osteoconductive and more resorbable than hydroxyapatite (HA), but the underlying mode of its action is unclear. We hypothesised that increased resorption of the ceramic by osteoclasts might subsequently upregulate osteoblasts by a coupling mechanism, and sought to test this in a large animal model. Defects were created in both the lateral femor...

Hydroxyapatite (HAp) and β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) are widely used bioceramics for surgical or dental applications. This paper is dealing with dissolution kinetics of synthetically prepared β-TCP and four types of HAp granules. Two groups of HAp, treated at different temperatures, each of them with two different granule sizes, were tested. Three corrosive solutions with different pH and si...

Nowadays, there is a significant need for synthetic bone replacement materials used in bone tissue engineering (BTE). Rapid prototyping and especially 3D printing is a suitable technique to create custom implants based on medical data sets. 3D printing allows to fabricate scaffolds based on Hydroxyapatite with complex internal structures and high resolution. To determine the in vitro behaviour ...

Several studies were carried out in order to reduce the systemic use of antibiotics due to the high concentration required to provide the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) at infected sites. The aim of this study was to develop a system of drug adsorption onto commercial hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) and glass reinforced hydroxyapatite (GR-HA) granules. The drug will then be release...