Bioactive glasses are a group of surface reactive glass-ceramic biomaterials and include the original bioactive glass, Bioglass. The biocompatibility and bioactivity of these glasses has led them to be used as implant devices in the human body to repair and replace diseased or damaged bones. [2]

Porcelain crowns, silica fillers in composite resins, and glass ionomer cements have already been proved to be successful. Materials used in the replacement of tissues have come a long way from being inert, to compatible, and now regenerative.

Nov 1, 2019 · Upon high-temperature thermal treatment, bioactive glasses can partially crystallize, originating glass-ceramic materials with superior mechanical properties compared to the parent glass. Glass-ceramics possess crystalline phases embedded in a residual amorphous matrix.

Several investigations have been performed (i) to obtain bioactive glasses in different forms, such as bulk materials, powders, composites, and porous scaffolds and (ii) to investigate their possible applications in the biomedical field.

Zhang et al. [85] compared the cytocompatibility of two kinds of porous bioactive glass-ceramics: an apatite–wollastonite (A-W) bioactive glass-ceramic prepared by the sol-gel method, and 45S5 Bioglass ® prepared by the melt quenching method, using bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs).

Bioactive glass and glass-ceramics are used in bone repair applications and are being developed for tissue engineering applications. Bioactive glasses/Bioglass are very attractive materials for producing scaffolds devoted to bone regeneration due …

Aug 15, 2023 · Bioglass is a bioactive glass that has been shown to promote bone regeneration and bonding when implanted in vivo. Combining bioglass with polymers can improve the mechanical properties of the resulting composite and also enable the composite to be fabricated into various shapes and sizes.

Nov 15, 2024 · Bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics are biomaterials characterized by excellent bone bonding abilities. Many different bioactive glass formulations have been studied since the introduction of 45S5 bioglass by Larry Hench.

Jun 4, 2024 · Bioglass-ceramics must provide an appropriate environment for biological activities such as cell attachment, proliferation, growth, and biomolecule adsorption for wound healing processes.

Nov 10, 2016 · Glass caused a revolution in health care when Bioglass was discovered by Larry Hench. It was the first material to bond with bone, rather than be encapsulated by fibrous tissue, launching the field of bioactive ceramics.