Evaluation of the calcium phosphate ceramic implant by non-invasive techniques.
Current routine radiological procedures do not quantify the degree of calcium phosphate ceramic implant integration with the host bone, nor the rate of remodelling processes in the latter. The successful clinical use of non-invasive techniques in assessing bone mass deserves attention from surgeons and scientists dealing with hard tissue prosthetics and implants. Two suitable techniques for such non-invasive sequential analysis of the ceramic implant and host bone are outlined.
Leichter
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Jerusalem College of Technology and Hadassah Hospital, Israel.
Bloch
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D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D015519:Bone Density; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000601:surgery; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D002516:Ceramics; D003720:Densitometry; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002130:Calcium Phosphates; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; C485830:tetracalcium phosphate; C485838:calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous; C020243:calcium phosphate; C485829:calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous