Nilen, RWNRichter, PWRipamonti, UChetty, ASMoolman, FS2008-12-102008-12-102006-02Nilen, RWN, Richter, PW, Ripamonti, U et al. 2006. Bioceramics at the CSIR: past, present and future. CSIR Research and Innovation Conference: 1st CSIR Biennial Conference, CSIR International Convention Centre Pretoria, 27-28 February 2006, pp1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2715CSIR Research and Innovation Conference: 1st CSIR Biennial Conference, CSIR International Convention Centre Pretoria, 27-28 February 2006Bioceramics are ceramic materials used to replace, repair or augment damaged or missing parts of the body. For example, hydroxyapatite (HA = Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP = Ca3(PO4)2) are bioceramics commonly used in dental implant and synthetic bone graft applications. Established in the mid- 1990s, the CSIR Bioceramics Group's initial research into porous HA led to the discovery of geometrically induced osteoinduction in primates, that is the spontaneous formation of bone in vivo at implant sites where bone formation is not expected without exogenously supplied growth factors (e.g. the bone morphogenetic proteins)enBioceramicsEyeborn orbital implantOsteoinductionConference PresentationNilen, R., Richter, P., Ripamonti, U., Chetty, A., & Moolman, F. (2006). Bioceramics at the CSIR: past, present and future. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2715Nilen, RWN, PW Richter, U Ripamonti, AS Chetty, and FS Moolman. "Bioceramics at the CSIR: past, present and future." (2006): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2715Nilen R, Richter P, Ripamonti U, Chetty A, Moolman F, Bioceramics at the CSIR: past, present and future; 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2715 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Nilen, RWN AU - Richter, PW AU - Ripamonti, U AU - Chetty, AS AU - Moolman, FS AB - Bioceramics are ceramic materials used to replace, repair or augment damaged or missing parts of the body. For example, hydroxyapatite (HA = Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP = Ca3(PO4)2) are bioceramics commonly used in dental implant and synthetic bone graft applications. Established in the mid- 1990s, the CSIR Bioceramics Group's initial research into porous HA led to the discovery of geometrically induced osteoinduction in primates, that is the spontaneous formation of bone in vivo at implant sites where bone formation is not expected without exogenously supplied growth factors (e.g. the bone morphogenetic proteins) DA - 2006-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Bioceramics KW - Eyeborn orbital implant KW - Osteoinduction LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 T1 - Bioceramics at the CSIR: past, present and future TI - Bioceramics at the CSIR: past, present and future UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2715 ER -