Organic Materials and Synthetic Biomaterials
- Properties and categories of materials
- Properties of materials, categories of materials used in Medicine.
- History of biomaterials
- History of biomaterials.
- Examples in the body
- Examples of biomaterials in organs and systems of the body.
- Biological response
- The role of protein adsorption in the biological response, Cells, tissues, extracellular matrix, Cell-biomaterial interactions. Host reactions in biomaterials and their evaluation: inflammation, infection, treatment, immunization, hypersensitivity, toxicity, tumorigenesis, blood clotting.
- Biocompatibility
- Biological control of biomaterials: in vivo and in vitro compatibility.
- Degradation
- Degradation of materials in biological environment.
- Applications in orthopaedics and dentistry
- Applications of biomaterials in orthopedics, hip and knee prosthetics. Dental implantation. Surgical suture threads. Implant failure.
- Ethical issues
- Ethical issues for the development of new biomaterials.
- Prospects
- Prospects and possibilities in Biomaterials Science.