The International Society for Ceramics in Medicine is established to recognize, encourage and stimulate outstanding research contributions to the field of bioceramics and is annually presented during the Bioceramics International Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine. The Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine, known as Bioceramics, provides a valuable forum where scientists and clinicians working in the dental and medical fields can discuss the exciting advances made in basic and applied research, and promote new technologies and applications of ceramics in medicine. In Bioceramics, the papers have been categorized into most topical and essential themes of ceramics in medicine: including characterization, design and processing technologies, tissue engineering, nanotechnology, surface modification, composites, drug delivery and interdisciplinary studies. The work will thus be of great help in taking advantage of the merits of ceramics, and overcoming their weakness in various applications involving polymers and metals. A November 2011 symposium provided a forum for scientists and clinicians in dental and medical fields to discuss new technologies and applications of ceramics in medicine and dentistry. Papers from the symposium are collected here in 21 sections on topics including alumina/zirconia ceramics, apatites, bioglasses and glass-ceramics, biomimetics, bone substitutes, calcium phosphate ceramics, cell materials interactions, and dements. Other main themes are clinical applications, coatings and composites, dental materials, drug delivery carriers, injectable materials, nanomaterials, osteoconductivity, porous materials, scaffolds, tissue engineering, titanium and alloys, and other materials. Some specific topics include pore morphology in MAO-produced oxide film, fabrication of bioactive apatite nuclei-precipitated composites, grafting materials for major sinus lift, and regulating protein absorption onto hydroxyapatite. Other subjects are nanobioceramics production from razor shell, improvement of bone growth on a PEEK surface implant, and adhesion behaviors of serum proteins on an oxide layer of commercially pure titanium.
The present article reports a case of Whipple's disease as a rare cause of intestinal malabsorption syndrome, in a young individual with G6PD deficiency and hypothyroidism, without previous follow-up. The male patient initially complained of diarrhea and long-standing weight loss. The complementary examination findings were consistent with Whipple's Disease....Read More
Intravenous cannulation is a common procedure that can cause vasovagal symptoms among adolescents (10-19 yrs of age). Thus a study was conducted on 76 adolescents those who were admitted in pediatric wards of KLE’s Dr. Prabhakar Kore charitable hospital, Belagavi. To evaluate the effectiveness of a leg crossing and...Read More
Background: Wilson’s disease is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism. Clinical signs, biochemical parameters, histologic findings and/or ATP7B genetic testing are required to diagnose Wilson’s disease. Case presentation: 25-year-old and 22-year-old young women (siblings) presented to University of Gondar hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, with difficulty of keeping balance...Read More
Since the first documented outbreak of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome inducing Coronavirus in China at the end of 2019, the virus has spread to all continents. Multiple authors have reported an increased rate of thrombo-embolic events in affected patients. 31-year-old male, without any cardiovascular risk factor admitted...Read More
