BIOACTIVE NIOBIUM PHOSPHATE GLASSES FOR OSSEOINTEGRATED APPLICATIONS

摘要

Bioactive glasses with different mechanical and chemical properties were produced by mixing ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, niobium oxide, calcium oxide, and sodium oxide. These materials are proposed to be used as implant and graft, combined with other metallic and polymeric materials, associated to bone morphogenetic proteins, and associated to metallic implants. The chemical and mechanical properties depend on the amount of niobium in the glass composition.