TY - JOUR A1 - Symietz, Christian A1 - Lehmann, Erhard A1 - Gildenhaar, Renate A1 - Hackbarth, Andreas A1 - Berger, Georg A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Mechanical stability of Ti6Al4V implant material after femtosecond laser irradiation JF - Journal of applied physics N2 - The surface of a titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) implant material was covered with a bioactive calcium alkali phosphate ceramic with the aim to accelerate the healing and to form a stronger bond to living bone tissue. To fix the ceramic powder we used a femtosecond laser, which causes a thin surface melting of the metal. It is a requirement to prove that the laser irradiation would not reduce the lifetime of implants. Here we present the results of mechanical stability tests, determined by the rotating bending fatigue strength of sample rods. After describing the sample surfaces and their modifications caused by the laser treatment we give evidence for an unchanged mechanical stability. This applies not only to the ceramic fixation but also to a comparatively strong laser ablation. KW - Aluminium alloys KW - Bending strength KW - Bioceramics KW - Bone KW - Calcium compounds KW - Fatigue KW - Fatigue testing KW - High-speed optical techniques KW - Laser ablation KW - Melting KW - Orthopaedics KW - Prosthetics KW - Rods (structures) KW - Surface treatment KW - Titanium alloys KW - Vanadium alloys PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4737576 SN - 0021-8979 SN - 1089-7550 VL - 112 IS - 2 SP - 023103-1 - 023103-5 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-26200 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Quillard, S. A1 - Paris, M. A1 - Deniard, P. A1 - Gildenhaar, Renate A1 - Berger, Georg A1 - Obadia, L. A1 - Bouler, J.-M. T1 - Structural and spectroscopic characterization of a series of potassium- and/or sodium-substituted beta-tricalcium phosphate JF - Acta biomaterialia N2 - In this paper, we report X-ray diffraction investigations as well as Raman and solid-state 31P and 23Na magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) characterization of three series of calcium orthophosphates. The general formulae of the studied compounds are Ca10.5-x/2Mx(PO4)7, where M = K or Na and x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0; and Ca10KxNa1-x(PO4)7, where x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0. These calcium orthophosphates are found to be isostructural with β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP, Ca3(PO4)2) with the substitution of some calcium sites by potassium and/or sodium cations. The unit cell parameters vary continuously with the level of substitution, a characteristic of these solid solutions. The Raman spectra show the different vibrational bands of the phosphate groups PO4, while the NMR chemical shifts are sensitive to the non-equivalent phosphorus and sodium ions present in these substituted samples. As both Raman and NMR spectroscopies are local probes, they offer tools to distinguish between these different phosphorus and phosphate groups, according to their structural site and local environment, especially the type of cation substituent. A convenient decomposition of the Raman and NMR spectra into Gaussian–Lorentzian components leads us to propose an assignment of the main observed bands of these substituted β-TCPs. KW - Bioceramics KW - Tricalcium phosphate KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Solid-state NMR spectroscopy PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2010.12.016 SN - 1742-7061 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 1844 EP - 1852 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-23405 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knabe, Christine A1 - Adel-Khattab, Doaa A1 - Rezk, Mohamed A1 - Cheng, Jia A1 - Berger, Georg A1 - Gildenhaar, Renate A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Rack, Alexander A1 - Heiland, Max A1 - Knauf, Tom A1 - Stiller, Michael T1 - Osteogenic Effect of a Bioactive Calcium Alkali Phosphate Bone Substitute in Humans JF - Bioengineering N2 - (1) Background: The desire to avoid autograft harvesting in implant dentistry has prompted an ever-increasing quest for bioceramic bone substitutes, which stimulate osteogenesis while resorbing in a timely fashion. Consequently, a highly bioactive silicon containing calcium alkali orthophosphate (Si-CAP) material was created, which previously was shown to induce greater bone cell maturation and bone neo-formation than β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) in vivo as well as in vitro. Our study tested the hypothesis that the enhanced effect on bone cell function in vitro and in sheep in vivo would lead to more copious bone neoformation in patients following sinus floor augmentation (SFA) employing Si-CAP when compared to β-TCP. (2) Methods: The effects of Si-CAP on osteogenesis and Si-CAP resorbability were evaluated in biopsies harvested from 38 patients six months after SFA in comparison to β-TCP employing undecalcified histology, histomorphometry, and immunohistochemical analysis of osteogenic marker expression. (3) Results: Si-CAP as well as β-TCP supported matrix mineralization and bone formation. Apically furthest away from the original bone tissue, Si-CAP induced significantly higher bone formation, bone-bonding (bone-bioceramic contact), and granule resorption than β-TCP. This was in conjunction with a higher expression of osteogenic markers. (4) Conclusions: Si-CAP induced higher and more advanced bone formation and resorbability than β-TCP, while β-TCP’s remarkable osteoconductivity has been widely demonstrated. Hence, Si-CAP constitutes a well-suited bioactive graft choice for SFA in the clinical arena. KW - Silicon release KW - Bioceramics KW - Calcium alkali orthophosphate materials KW - Bioactive bone grafting material KW - Bioactivity KW - Osteogenesis KW - Bone regeneration KW - Sinus floor augmentation PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-591015 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10121408 VL - 10 IS - 12 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-59101 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -