Journal of Medical Physics and Biophysics
Vol 4, No 1 (2017)

Injectable Bone Substitute Synthesized from Mangrove Snail Shell

Yessie Widya Sari (Biophysics Research Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathemtics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia)
Reza Pahlevi Rudianto (Biophysics Research Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathemtics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia)
Nur Aisyah Nuzulia (Biophysics Research Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathemtics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia)
Sulistioso Giat Sukaryo (Nuclear Industrial Materials Technology Center, National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Sep 2017

Abstract

The need for biomaterials tends to increase especially in the field of medicine caused by cases of increasing bone damage. The biomaterial that is being developed for bone implants is hydroxyapatite (HAp). The high value of imports of bone-replacement biomaterials in Indonesia is conidered as a thoughtful problem because of the high price, therefore the development of biomaterials used as a substitute for bone derived from natural materials. In this study, HAp in the form of an injectable bone substitute (IBS) was syntehsized. IBS is a bone-substitute material in the form of a suspension. IBS can be applied by injection to reach deeper areas of bone defects and be able to adjust the shape of bone or tooth defects properly. HAp was synthesized in this study with assistance of microwave irradiation. Mangrove snail shell was used as calcium sources. Furthermore, this study indicated that HAp synthesized from mangrove snail shell had a high potency to be developed as IBS.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jmpb

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Physics

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Journal of Medical Physics and Biophysics is a gold open-access journal and serves as official publication media of the Indonesian Association of Physicists in Medicine, IAPM (Aliansi Fisikawan Medik Indonesia, AFISMI). JMPB publishes articles with the general concern on the application of physics ...