1. Editorial

   • William Bonfield

   Editorial Introduction Pages: iii - iii

2. Material properties of various cements for use with vertebroplasty

   • L. E. Jasper
   • H. Deramond
   • S. M. Belkoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

3. An investigation into the architecture and composition of a urinary calculus

   • Malcolm Sperrin
   • Keith Rogers
   • Peter Southerden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 9

4. Synthesis and characterization of a novel double crosslinked hyaluronan hydrogel

   • X. B. Zhao
   • J. E. Fraser
   • B. J. White

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 16

5. Curing characteristics of acrylic bone cement

   • N. J. Dunne
   • J. F. Orr

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

6. Processing and characterization of porous alumina scaffolds

   • Susmita Bose
   • Jens Darsell
   • Amit Bandyopadhyay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

7. Poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels as hydrophilic matrices for the release of lipophilic drugs loaded in PLGA nanoparticles

   • Maria Grazia Cascone
   • Zhouhai Zhu
   • Luigi Lazzeri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 32

8. Observation of fluorapatite formation under hydrolysis of tetracalcium phosphate in the presence of KF by means of soft X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy

   • E. Z. Kurmaev
   • S. Matsuya
   • M. Iwami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 36

9. Surface characterization and platelet adhesion studies of aliphatic polyurethanes grafted by fluorocarbon oligomers: effect of fluorocarbon chain length and carboxylic acid group

   • Kuo-Yu Chen
   • Jen-Feng Kuo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 45

10. The cytotoxicity of chromium in osteoblasts: effects on macromolecular synthesis

    • J. Ning
    • C. Henderson
    • M. H. Grant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 52

11. Controlled drug release for oral condition by a novel device based on ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer

    • S. Kalachandra
    • Lin Dongming
    • S. Offenbacher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 58

12. Vibrational and thermal study on the in vitro and in vivo degradation of a bioabsorbable periodontal membrane: Vicryl® Periodontal Mesh (Polyglactin 910)

    • P. Taddei
    • P. Monti
    • R. Simoni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 64

13. Shear-load carrying capacities of the distal rat femora after osteotomy fixed with self-reinforced polyglycolic acid and poly-L-lactic acid pins

    • Pia Nordström
    • Timo Pohjonen
    • Pentti Rokkanen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 68

14. The crystallization of calcium carbonate on sodium cholate

    • F. Manoli
    • E. Dalas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 73

15. Characterization of proteins and fibroblasts on thin inorganic films

    • Constantina S. Giannoulis
    • Tejal A. Desai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 80

16. Hydrolytic and enzymatic degradations of physically crosslinked hydrogels prepared from PLA/PEO/PLA triblock copolymers

    • Suming Li
    • Inmaculada Molina
    • Michel Vert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 86

17. Hydroxypatite-polysaccharide granules for drug delivery

    • E. Krylova
    • A. Ivanov
    • S. Barinov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 90

18. Reactivity of biological and synthetic hydroxyapatite towards Zn(II) ion, solid-liquid investigations

    • Gigliola Lusvardi
    • Ledi Menabue
    • Monica Saladini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 98

19. The effects of bovine trabecular bone matrix particulates on cortical bone repair

    • M. T. Mushipe
    • P.A. Revell
    • J.C. Shelton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 105

20. Evaluation of biocompatibility of the copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with 2-(methylsulfanyl)ethyl methacrylate

    • Martin Přádný
    • Pavel Petrovický
    • Karel Smetana

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 111

21. Dextran-magnetite complex: temperature dependence of its NMR relaxivity

    • T. Kawaguchi
    • A. Yoshino
    • N. Adachi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 117

22. Biocompatibility of poly(vinyl alcohol)-hyaluronic acid and poly(vinyl alcohol)-gellan membranes crosslinked by glutaraldehyde vapors

    • P. A. Ramires
    • E. Milella

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 123

23. Study of a hydraulic calcium phosphate cement for dental applications

    • Siham Serraj
    • Pierre Michaïlesco
    • Philippe Boudeville

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 131

24. Effect of poling conditions on growth of calcium phosphate crystal in ferroelectric BaTiO₃ ceramics

    • K. S. Hwang
    • J. E. Song
    • H. R. Rawls

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 138