New macroporous calcium phosphate glass ceramic for guided bone regeneration.

This work describes a method to obtain macroporous resorbable glass and glass ceramic scaffolds with controlled biodegradability for tissue engineering applications. The constructs consisted of glass and glass ceramics in the system P(2)O(5)-CaO-Na(2)O-TiO(2) and they were prepared by foaming a slurry of glass particles by addition of a H(2)O(2) solution, and subsequent sintering of the porous structures obtained. Different thermal treatments were applied to control the degree of devitrification of the glass. The resultant materials showed a porosity percentage between 40% and 55% with a wide variety of pores ranging from 20 to 500 microm in diameter as determined by SEM and Image Analysis. The resulting constructs were predominantly formed by a vitreous phase, although small amounts of calcium metaphosphate and pyrophosphates were detected by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy after the sintering process. The biological response was also evaluated by means of the MTT test, the material showed a non-cytotoxic effect.

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