Mechanical and biological properties of human hard tissue replacement implants / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Injuries and pathological changes of hard tissue(bone, tooth,etc.) are common clinical affairs. If the injuries or pathological changes are too serious to be treated with medication, they should be repaired or replaced by hard tissue replacement implants. Researches of hard tissue replacement implants have become an important research direction in biomaterial field at present. This paper is aimed to summarize the type, mechanical feature and biological properties of human hard tissue replacement implants for the indication of the direction in its development.STUDY SOURCES Time of the search was from January 1998 to July 2004. Search range 30 types of periodicals from CNKI digital library (Chinese Periodical Full Text database) and Science Direct digital library. Search words were hard tissue replacement implants, artificial bone,artificial root of tooth, bioceramic, and biological coat, etc. Search methods included electronic search and manual search, etc.STUDY SELECTION Totally 200 corresponding literatures on human hard tissue replacement implants were selected for analysing and summarizing.DATA EXTRACTION To summarize the corresponding information in the obtained research articles regarding hard tissue replacement implant.DATA SYNTHESIS: To comparatively analyze the mechanical and biological properties of each hard tissue replacement implant as well as their effects in practical application. The existing hard tissue replacement implants including metal materials, macromolecular materials, ceramics and their composite materials have been widely applied in clinics; however, their mechanical and biological properties have not been perfectly combined.CONCLUSION: It is always a key point(key point in researches) in biomedical material academia to find a replacement implant, of which the mechanical and biological properties perfectly suitable for the human hard tissues. The new generation of hard tissue replacement implants established by the application of biomimetic process, nano-technology, composite materisls and tissue engineering could hopefully satisfy the increasingly elevated demand of human beings.