Materials and Devices for Bone Disorders - Susmita Bose Gebunden

Materials for Bone Disorders is written by a cross-disciplinary team of research scientists engineers and clinicians and bridges the gap between materials science and bone disorders providing integrated coverage of biomaterials and their applications. The bioceramics biopolymers composites and metallic materials used in the treatment of bone disorders are introduced as are their interactions with cells biomolecules and body tissues. The main types of bone disorder and disease are covered including osteoporosis spinal injury load bearing joint diseases bone cancer and forms of cran io-maxillofacial disorders. Bone disorders are common across all ages. Various forms of bone disorders can change the lifestyle of otherwise normal and healthy people. With the development of novel materials many forms of bone disorders are becoming manageable allowing people to lead a fairly normal life. Specific consideration is given to areas where recent advances are enabling new treatments such as the use of resorbable ceramics in bone tissue engineering and drug delivery newer polymer-based implants in load-bearing contexts and engineering biomaterials surfaces including modifying surface chemistry. Ethical and regulatory issues are also explored.