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Amorphous calcium phosphate, the lack of order is an abundance of possibilities

For almost three decades from its discovery, amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) was not considered a suitable biomaterial due to its structural instability. Thanks to its unique properties in respect to crystalline calcium phosphate phases, nowadays ACP is used in promising devices for hard tissue re...

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Autores principales: Degli Esposti, Lorenzo, Iafisco, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36825112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbiosy.2021.100037
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description For almost three decades from its discovery, amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) was not considered a suitable biomaterial due to its structural instability. Thanks to its unique properties in respect to crystalline calcium phosphate phases, nowadays ACP is used in promising devices for hard tissue regeneration. Here we have highlighted the features of ACP that were harnessed to create excellent biomaterials for dental remineralization, self-setting bone cements, drug delivery, and coatings of prostheses. Its current limitations as well as future perspectives of development were concisely described. Despite more research works are needed, we envisage that the future of ACP is bright.
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spelling pubmed-99344622023-02-22 Amorphous calcium phosphate, the lack of order is an abundance of possibilities Degli Esposti, Lorenzo Iafisco, Michele Biomater Biosyst VSI: Leading Opinion Paper For almost three decades from its discovery, amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) was not considered a suitable biomaterial due to its structural instability. Thanks to its unique properties in respect to crystalline calcium phosphate phases, nowadays ACP is used in promising devices for hard tissue regeneration. Here we have highlighted the features of ACP that were harnessed to create excellent biomaterials for dental remineralization, self-setting bone cements, drug delivery, and coatings of prostheses. Its current limitations as well as future perspectives of development were concisely described. Despite more research works are needed, we envisage that the future of ACP is bright. Elsevier 2021-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9934462/ /pubmed/36825112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbiosy.2021.100037 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Amorphous calcium phosphate, the lack of order is an abundance of possibilities
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36825112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbiosy.2021.100037
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