The influence of precursor addition order on the porosity of sol –gel bioactive glasses

Bioactive glasses are well known materials researched for their application in bone and dental restoration/regeneration [1 –5]. Thanks to the addition of dopants such as copper, zinc, strontium and magnesium to bioactive glasses, their potential for angiogenesis [6], enhanced antibacterial effects [7] and improved bioactivity [8–11] has been unveiled. Due to their impressive bioactivity and bone bonding ability bioa ctive glasses are used in clinical applications as bone graft, implant coating [12,13] and recently in dentifrices such as Sensodyne® and BioMin™ to treat dentin hypersensitivity and induce remineralization of dental tissues.
Source: Dental Materials - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research