title: Effects of heat treatment of wood on hydroxylapatite type mineral precipitation and biomechanical properties in vitro.
abstract: Wood is a natural fiber reinforced composite. It structurally resembles bone tissue to some extent. Specially heat-treated birch wood has been used as a model material for further development of synthetic fiber reinforced composites (FRC) for medical and dental use. In previous studies it has been shown, that heat treatment has a positive effect on the osteoconductivity of an implanted wood. In this study the effects of two different heat treatment temperatures (140 and 200 degrees C) on wood were studied in vitro. Untreated wood was used as a control material. Heat treatment induced biomechanical changes were studied with flexural and compressive tests on dry birch wood as well as on wood after 63 days of simulated body fluid (SBF) immersion. Dimensional changes, SBF sorption and hydroxylapatite type mineral formation were also assessed. The results showed that SBF immersion decreases the biomechanical performance of wood and that the heat treatment diminishes the effect of SBF immersion on biomechanical properties. With scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis it was shown that hydroxylapatite type mineral precipitation formed on the 200 degrees C heat-treated wood. An increased weight gain of the same material during SBF immersion supported this finding. The results of this study give more detailed insight of the biologically relevant changes that heat treatment induces in wood material. Furthermore the findings in this study are in line with previous in vivo studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomaterials Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. jaerre@utu.fi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rekola
authors.forename: L V J
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Lassila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirvonen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahdenperä
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grenman
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Aho
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Vallittu
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption / Q000502:physiology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D019245:Compressive Strength; D017886:Durapatite; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007101:Immersion; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008422:Materials Testing; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013499:Surface Properties; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals; D017886:Durapatite
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