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Volume 16 - March 1991

Contents

Page 9 of 14

Letter

  • Letters to the Editor

  • P.L. Gai
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    29 November 2013, p. 48
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  • Advertisers in This Issue

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    29 November 2013, p. 38
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  • Journal of Materials Research

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    29 November 2013, p. 57
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MRS News

  • Nominations Sought for MRS Medal Award

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    29 November 2013, p. 60
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  • Roberto to Lead MRS in 1991

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News

  • Classified

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    29 November 2013, pp. 54-55
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International Union of Materials Research Societies

  • Materials Research Society of India Holds Second Annual General Meeting

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    29 November 2013, p. 67
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Biomedical Materials

  • Bioceramics

  • Larry L. Hench, June Wilson
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    29 November 2013, pp. 62-74

  • The innovative use of specially designed ceramics to repair and reconstruct diseased or damaged parts of the body has improved the quality of life, and in some cases the length of life, for thousands of people. Ceramics used for this purpose are termed “bioceramics” and can be single crystals (sapphire), polycrystalline (alumina or hydroxylapatite), glass (Bioglass®), glass-ceramics (Ceravital® or A/W glassceramic), or composites (stainless-steel fiber-reinforced Bioglass or polyethylene-hydroxylapatite).

    Ceramics and glasses have long been used in the health care industry for eye glasses, diagnostic instruments, chemical ware, thermometers, tissue culture flasks, and fiber optics for endoscopy. Insoluble porous glasses have been used as carriers for enzymes, antibodies, and antigens. Ceramics are also widely used in dentistry as restorative materials, gold porcelain crowns, glass-filled ionomer cements, and dentures.

    This review describes bioceramics used as implants to repair parts of the body, usually hard tissues such as bones or teeth, but also to replace heart valves. Dozens of ceramic compositions have been tested, but few have achieved human clinical application. Clinical success requires the simultaneous achievement of a stable interface with tissue and a match of the mechanical behavior of the implant with the tissue to be replaced.

    The mechanism of tissue attachment depends on the type of tissue response at the implant interface (Table I).

Historical Note

  • Integrating the Circuit

  • Kevin J. Anderson
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    29 November 2013, p. 50
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MRS News

  • MRS Committees Focus on Planning, Outreach to Materials Community

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MRS News

  • Graduate Finalists Compete for Awards at 1991 MRS Fall Meeting

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  • Preview: 1991 MRS Fall Meeting

  • Julia M. Phillips, Michael M.J. Treacy, Man H. Yoo
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  • Woody Award Goes to Sue Kelso

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International Union of Materials Research Societies

  • Another Successful E-MRS Meeting is Held in Strasbourg

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    29 November 2013, pp. 49-53
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Meeting Report

  • Upcoming Conferences

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MRS News

  • Phillips, Treacy, and Yoo Are 1991 MRS Fall Meeting Chairs

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  • Book Reviews

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  • Classified

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