Glass-Ceramics as Coatings for Prostheses

摘要

The current trend for prosthetic devices is the application of ceramic coatings on supports of dif-ferent nature (i.e. more similar to bone mechanically) for an improved functional performance. The research activity reported is devoted to biocompatible ceramics coatings such as ceramic-vitreous Systems to obtain surfaces capable of self-anchoring to bone tissue.