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It is confirmed that the essential condition for glasses and glass-ceramics to bond to living bone is the formation of an apatite layer on their surfaces in the body. It is proposed that a hydrated silica formed on the surfaces of these materials in the body plays an important role in forming the surface apatite layer, which has noi been proved yet. It is shown experimentally that a pure hydrated silica gel can induce the apatite formation on its surface in a simulated body fluid when its starting pH is increased from 7.2 to 7.4.
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FAN Dong-hui: Born in 1965.
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Dong-hui, F., Zheng, X., Shi-pu, L. et al. Formation of apatite in simulated body fluid. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 17, 44–46 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02838415
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02838415