Biosilicato®: Historico De Uma Vitroceramica Brasileira De Elevada Bioatividade

Abstract

This paper presents a historical of the Biosilicate©, a bioactive glass-ceramic developed at the Vitreous Materials Laboratory of the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil. After decades of study accomplished with bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics, Biosilicate® results from a natural evolution and has similar bioactivity index, but far superior mechanical properties than of all bioactive glasses. Biosilicate® is almost fully crystalline and also exhibits much higher bioactivity than all the currently commercially available bioactive glass-ceramics. Due to its special characteristics, Biosilicate® has been successfully tested for several medical and dental applications as we thoroughly discuss in this review paper.