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Tricalcium silicate; bioactivity; cytocompatibility; hydroxyapatite; osteoblasts.

The in vitro bioactivity of tricalcium silicate (Ca₃SiO₅) ceramics was investigated by the bone-like apatite-formation ability in simulated body fluid (SBF), and the cytocompatibility was evaluated through osteoblast adhesion and proliferation assay. The results show that the Ca₃SiO₅ ceramics possess bone-like apatite formation ability in SBF. In vitro cytocompatible evaluation reveals that osteoblasts adhere and spread well on the Ca₃SiO₅ ceramics, indicating good bioactivity and cytocompatibility.

Xiaoming Liao¹ Hongyang Zhu¹ Guangfu Yin¹ Zhongbing Huang¹ Yadong Yao¹ Xianchun Chen¹

1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P.R. of China

Published

August 2011

Manuscript received

8 November 2010

Manuscript revised

3 March 2011