Abstract:
Study carried to find out chemical and structural suitability of newly synthesized Eppawala hydroxyapatite composite varieties as bone cement, by comparing and contrasting them with human bone as well as commercially available bone cement, which is currently used in orthopedic surgeries. Commercially available methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer used to reinforce solid
state sintered and sol gel synthesized hydroxyapatite ceramic to prepare its
composites as bone cements and their physical and chemical properties including composition, crystallinity, presence of functional groups, thermal
stability, surface morphology, and microstructural features were examined
compared to human bone. Results show there is a close similarity between
synthesized products and human bone while credenting high thermal stability, good crystalline, and porous properties than the commercial product. Finally, study concluded newly synthesized composites can be applied directly
as a substitution for commercial bone cement while having different properties from each other.
