Bioceramics: Your body’s building blocks TOOTH PROSTHETICS— bioactive glasses with bits of calcium, phosphate, silicon, and sodium that makes bones grow and bond with it. BONE REPAIR—hydroxyapatite is a hard mineral with calcium, phosphates, and vitamin C that helps stop our bones breaking and helps them repair after injury. JOINT REPLACEMENT— High density aluminum oxide that is wear resistant to the body’s fluid and has little friction, making thejoint move smoothly. CERAMIC AND GLASS INDUSTRY FOUNDATION President’s Council of Student Advisors For more information visit ceramics.org/ceramics-are-cool KEY FEATURES OF BIOCERAMICS: BIOCOMPATIBLE: Can be safely placed in the body to replace bones or teeth without the body rejecting it RESORBABILTY: Can dissolve in the body without poisoning it BIOACTIVITY: Real bones can grow into it and bond Created by:
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Bioceramics: Your body’s building blocks
TOOTH PROSTHETICS— bioactive glasses with bits of calcium, phosphate, silicon, and sodium that makes bones grow and bond with it.
BONE REPAIR—hydroxyapatite is a hard mineral with calcium, phosphates, and vitamin C that helps stop our bones breaking and helps them repair after injury.helps them repair
JOINT REPLACEMENT — High density aluminum oxide that is wear resistant to the body’s fluid and has little friction, making thejoint move smoothly.
CERAMICANDGLASSINDUSTRYF O U N D A T I O N
President’s Council of Student Advisors
For more information visit ceramics.org/ceramics-are-cool
KEY FEATURES OF BIOCERAMICS:BIOCOMPATIBLE: Can be safely placed in the body to replace bones or teeth without the body rejecting it
RESORBABILTY: Can dissolve in the body without poisoning it
BIOACTIVITY: Real bones can grow into it and bond
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