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The types of ceramic materials used in biomedical applications may be divided into three classes according to their chemical reactivity with the environment (i) completely resorbable (ii) surface reactive (iii) nearly inert.
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Bhat, S.V. (2002). Ceramics. In: Biomaterials. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0328-5_4
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