Abstract
Calcium phosphates have been used safely and effectively as bioceramics for designing alveolar bone grafts. Calcium phosphate bioceramics, hydroxyapatite (HA), β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), and a mixture of these calcium phosphates are extensively used as bone substitutes. When these materials are placed in alveolar bone defects, they promote new bone formation. Bioceramics that show osteoconduction have the ability to induce new bone formation, and are employed as bone substitutes and scaffolds in bone tissue engineering. Moreover,these materials as scaffolds are used with growth factors and matrix proteins, and these complexes enhance bone formation. The combination of growth factors and calcium phosphates appears to have excellent capacity to induce regeneration.
