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OSTEOCONDUCTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2006-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

Of or pertaining to an implanted material that passively promotes bone growth directly along or towards its surface by acting as a scaffold.

CONT

Bone substitution materials involve micrometric and/or nanometric HAP (hydroxyapatite), calcium sulfate and bone growth inductor proteins (osteogenic growth peptide (OGP) or bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP-2)) or inhibitor proteins (osteocalcin (OC)), with the aim of inducing bone generation. HAP is a bone osteoconductor material and when it is combined with a protein like BMP, the new composite behaves as a osteoinductor material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

[Se dit d'un matériau de substitution qui sert] de support à la néoformation osseuse grâce à leur porosité [et qui n'induit] pas de réactions locales tissulaires, ni d'immunogénicité, ni de toxicité systémique.

CONT

Ces matériaux sont biologiquement muets et ne servent, au mieux, que de support passif à la réparation osseuse. On dit qu'ils sont «ostéoconducteurs».

Spanish

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