Biodegradable Materials and Metallic Implants-A Review

Overview

Journal J Funct Biomater

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2017 Sep 29

PMID 28954399

Citations 75

Authors

Mythili Prakasam

Janis Locs

Kristine Salma-Ancane

Dagnija Loca

Alain Largeteau

Liga Berzina-Cimdina

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Abstract

Recent progress made in biomaterials and their clinical applications is well known. In the last five decades, great advances have been made in the field of biomaterials, including ceramics, glasses, polymers, composites, glass-ceramics and metal alloys. A variety of bioimplants are currently used in either one of the aforesaid forms. Some of these materials are designed to degrade or to be resorbed inside the body rather than removing the implant after its function is served. Many properties such as mechanical properties, non-toxicity, surface modification, degradation rate, biocompatibility, and corrosion rate and scaffold design are taken into consideration. The current review focuses on state-of-the-art biodegradable bioceramics, polymers, metal alloys and a few implants that employ bioresorbable/biodegradable materials. The essential functions, properties and their critical factors are discussed in detail, in addition to their challenges to be overcome.

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