title: Characterization of bone cements prepared with functionalized methacrylates and hydroxyapatite.
abstract: Bone cements prepared with methyl methacrylate and either methacrylic acid or diethyl amino ethyl methacrylate as comonomers were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, gel permeation chromatography, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, and mechanical testing. Selected formulations containing these functionalized methacrylates were filled with hydroxyapatite and studied in terms of their properties in tension, compression and bending, and X-ray diffraction. It was found that residual monomer was not greatly affected by the presence of either acid or basic comonomers in the unfilled bone cements. In contrast, molecular weight, curing times, and glass transition temperature were composition dependent. For samples with acidic comonomer, a faster curing time, higher molecular weight, and higher glass transition temperatures were observed with respect to those with the basic comonomer. X-ray diffraction revealed that the crystalline structure was not affected by the nature of comonomer in the bone cement while scanning electron microscopy showed that hydroxyapatite remained as clusters in the bone cement. The mechanical properties of filled bone cements depended mainly on composition and type of testing. Hydroxyapatite-filled bone cements fullfilled the minimum compressive strength (70 MPa) required for bone cement use. However, the minimum tensile strength (30 MPa) was only fullfilled by cements prepared without comonomer and those containing methacrylic acid. The minimum bending strength requirement (50 MPa) was not satisfied by any of the formulations studied.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigacíon Científíca de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Islas-Blancas
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cervantes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vargas-Coronado
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Cauich-Rodríguez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vera-Graziano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez-Richa
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000737:chemistry*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D017886:Durapatite; D008027:Light; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008689:Methacrylates; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001843:Bone Cements; D008689:Methacrylates; D017886:Durapatite