BIOCERAMICS

It is essential to recognize that no one material is suitable for all biomaterial applications.  As a class of biomaterials, ceramics, glasses, and glass-ceramics are generally used to repair or replace skeletal hard connective tissues. Their success depends upon: (1) achieving a stable attachment to connective tissue when used as bulk implants; or (2) stimulating repair and regeneration of bone when used as particulates for bone grafting. The mechanism of tissue attachment is directly related to the type of tissue response at the implant–tissue interface.

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REFERENCE: B. D. Ratner, A. S. Hoffman, F. J. Schoen, and J. E. Lemons, “Biomaterials science: an introduction to materials in medicine”, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-374626-9, 2004.