BIOCERAMICS (Graduate Course) Content: Introduction to bioceramics, glasses, glass-ceramics and composites. The concept of biocompatibilty, host reactions to bioceramics and their evaluations, desired properties of biocompatible materials, processing of bioceramics , Bioactive glasses, A/W Glass-Ceramic, Machinable and Phosphate Glass ceramics, Dense Hydroxyapatite, Plasma sprayed coatings, hydroxyapatite, Bioactive glass, pyrolitec carbon coatings, Bioceramic composites, Characterisation of biocermaics, Application of bioceramics in medicine and dentistry. |
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