title: Staying calm under pressure: the secrets of bioceramics.
abstract: For very good reasons, ceramics as a class of material have limited uses in medical devices. They do, however, have some interesting, relevant, and unique properties. This article explains this paradox in terms of the structural characteristics of those materials.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000592:standards*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D016348:Osseointegration; D011312:Pressure