Effect of Calcium and Phosphate on Compositional Conversion from Dicalcium Hydrogen Phosphate Dihydrate Blocks to Octacalcium Phosphate Blocks

Octacalcium phosphate (OCP) has attracted much attention as an artificial bone substitute because of its excellent osteoconductive and bone replacement properties. Although numerous studies have investigated OCP powder fabrication, there are only a few studies on OCP block fabrication. Therefore, in...

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Main Authors: Yuki Sugiura, Kunio Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Crystals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/8/5/222