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| Author(s): |
Guinea Brasil Camargo Cardoso
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica |
| Defense date: | 2013-02-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Cecília Amélia de Carvalho Zavaglia;
Christiane Bertachini Lombello;
Eliana Cristina da Silva Rigo;
Marcos Akira D'Avila;
Maria Clara Filippini Ierardi
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| Advisor: | Antonio Celso Fonseca de Arruda; Cecília Amélia de Carvalho Zavaglia |
| Abstract | |
The variety of anatomical sites and different mechanical properties are essential to the success of surgery bone reconstruction. Treatments involving this complex fractures, bone loss and prosthetics are benefited with the use of biomaterials. In the present study, we sought to an original use of a composite biomaterial for implants in the jaw area; the uniqueness of this device is the physical structure of the material, which is composed of a dense core in a porous matrix. The influences of structures and materials were analyzed by characterizing the physical, chemical and cellular activities in in vitro assays, analyzing the behavior of those in similar conditions to the deployment environment which would allow qualifying this biomaterial. Therefore, primers were synthesized reagents for the synthesis of tricalcium phosphate (?-TCP), which when hydrolyzed resulted in hydroxyapatite whiskers. The ceramics were characterized by analysis of X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and cytotoxicity assay. The various compositions were analyzed using the results obtained by contact angle tests, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), atomic force microscope (AFM); optical microscopy with polarized light (OM), mechanical tests and in vitro assays with cells U20S. The scaffolds have undergone analyzes as: mechanical compression test and in vitro assays with mesenchymal stem cells. Studies were conducted to verify the potential clinical application of this material in bone tissue engineering. Because the analysis of the results of the characterizations, the samples which were the most promising compositions of poly (?-caprolactone) / oleic acid and poly(?- caprolactone)/ oleic acid/ hydroxyapatite. Mechanical strength, hydrophilicity, roughness, crystallinity, cell spreading and osteoinduction were the criteria used in this work. The results showed to be promising and will encourage future research involving these materials (AU) | |