Hydroxyapatite and Related Materials

<p>Audience<br>Applied biomathematicians, orthopedists, clinical orthopedists.</p> Biological and Synthetic Apatites (R.Z. LeGeros). Calcium Phosphate Apatites in Nature (D.K. Smith). Hydrothermal Processing of Hydroxyapatite: Past, Present, and Future (M. Yoshimura and H. Suda). Formation and Dissolution Mechanisms of Calcium Phosphates in Aqueous Systems (G.H. Nancollas and J. Zhang). Pathological Crystallization of Calcium Oxalate and Calcium Phosphate (S.R. Khan and R.L. Hackett). Characterization of Mineral Phases in Cardiovascular Calcification (B.B. Tomazic). Chemistry and Structure of Calcium-Containing Coatings and Modified Surfaces for Titanium Alloy Orthopedic Prostheses (M. Spector, J.G. Hanlon, G.H. Nancollas). Formation of Hydroxyapatite in Cement Systems (L.C. Chow, S. Takagi, and K. Ishikawa). Octacalcium Phosphate Carboxylates. 5. Incorporation of Excess Succinate and Ammonium Ions in the Octacalcium Phosphate Succinate Structure (M. Markovic, B.O. Fowler, W.E. Brown). The Effect of Ethanol on the Solubility of Hydroxyapatite in the System Ca(OH)2-H3PO4-H2O at 25° and 33° C (M.S. Tung, C. Lin, T.H. Chow, and P. Sung). Constant-Composition Study of the Precipitation Behaviour of Calcium Phosphate in the Presence of Non-Collagenous Bio-Chemicals (A.T.-C. Wong and J.T. Czernuszka). Dual Constant Composition Kinetics Studies of Ceramic Hydroxyapatite and Hydroxyapatite Plasma Coated Implants (E.P. Paschalis, B.E. Tucker, S. Mukhopadhyay, K. Wikiel, N.B. Beals, J.A. Bearcroft, M. Spector, G.H. Nancollas). Comparative Utility of Mineralized Collagen as an Osteoinductive Material (S. Gunasekaran, I.C. Bathurst, B. Constantz, J. Quiaoit, J. Ross, P.J. Barr, and D. Gospodarowicz). Maturation of Poorly Crystalline Synthetic and Biological Apatites (C. Rey, H-M. Kim, M.J. Glimcher). Prediction of Precipitation and Transformation Behaviour of Calcium Phosphate in Aqueous Media (A.T.-C. Wong and J.T. Czernuszka). The Role of Interfacial Chemistry in Surface Nucleation and Growth of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate (L. Song, A.A. Campbell, and B.C.