DENTBIOCOMP

Novel bioactive glass-ceramic composites for dental restorations

Coordinatore	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE    more  Organization address address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Shaun Cognome: Power Email: send email Telefono: +44 207 594 8773 Fax: +44 207 594 8609
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	169˙957 €
EC contributo	169˙957 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-05-01   -   2010-04-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE  Organization address address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Shaun Cognome: Power Email: send email Telefono: +44 207 594 8773 Fax: +44 207 594 8609	UK (LONDON)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'There is a need for development new bioactive dental glass-ceramics with controlled surface reactivity and mechanical properties as well as aesthetic appearance, which would be capable to establish periodontal tissue attachment similar to the one observed in healthy teeth. To achieve this objective, our work will focus on two important tasks: a) the development and optimisation of processing techniques based on sol-gel and powder technology for the processing of novel bioactive silicate glass-ceramic composites and b) the complete structural, chemical, mechanical and biological characterization of the products. The innovative aspect will be the use of sol-gel technique towards achieving two processes which will lead to synthesis of novel bioactive inorganic materials; the first stage of experiments aims at the development of an intimate and homogeneous mixture of the bioactive glass phase and the dental ceramic inclusions. During the second stage, glass-ceramics in appropriate systems for dental applications will be synthesized fully by a new sol-gel method. To achieve this, the precursor solutions of the different crystalline phases will be mixed with the respective precursors of the bioactive glasses. The composite solutions, following the next stages of the standard sol-gel method, will lead to the fabrication of novel composites, appropriate for dental restorations. The structural, chemical, surface and biological properties of the new glass-ceramics prepared under the above processing conditions will be studied by many different methods like; XRD, DTA, TEM, SEM-EDS, FTIR, BET, ICP, AFM, while the mechanical properties will be investigated by standard testing facilities. Using extensive experience of the host laboratory in the microstructure-property correlation of glass-crystalline composites, we will be able to design the microstructure and composition of the glass-ceramics to optimise their properties for the required performance in vitro.'