A biological tissue collection method includes: preparing a component, the component including a first surface, a second surface, multiple (n≥2) holes for passing air from the first surface toward the second surface, and a wall formed between the holes, and an end portion of the wall on a first surface side being rounded and formed as a curved surface; sucking a biological tissue with a dimension of equal to or greater than 0.5 mm and equal to or less than 100 mm in a maximum direction in contact with the holes on the first surface side, thereby collecting the biological tissue by means of the holes; and taking equal to or greater than 50% and equal to or less than 90% of an area of the biological tissue as a total area of the holes used for collection.

A dental device is improved in its ability to produce hydroxyl apatite by having a layer of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) deposited thereon. A tile of MTA is prepared, heat treated and sintered to produce a micronized tile of MTA that can then be deposited by physical vapor depositions, hot isostatic pressing, molding or other conventional technique.

To provide a ceramic composite and a production method therefor allowing ease of processing to be improved and fracture toughness to be improved simultaneously. The invention includes the steps of: preparing at least a liquid-form resin and a ceramic sintered body which has been sintered at a temperature which is 700° C. to 100° C. less than a sintering temperature at which a theoretical density is obtained; immersing the ceramic sintered body in the liquid-form resin, causing the liquid-form resin to infiltrate the ceramic sintered body; and hardening the infiltrated liquid-form resin to obtain a ceramic composite having a relative density of between 40% and 90% by causing the resin to infiltrate. Gaps where no resin has infiltrated are formed in the ceramic composite.

The disclosure provides a mouldable artificial bone composite material and a preparation method thereof. The mouldable artificial bone composite material is characterized in a composition composed of a degradable polymer material and inorganic particles distributed in the polymer material. The average molecular weight of the polymer material is 1,000 Da to 20,000 Da. The inorganic particles are composed of calcium-phosphorus compounds. The artificial bone composite material has a shape of a mouldable plasticine. The disclosure provides an artificial bone composite material that can be freely shaped and injected, and the disclosure further provides a preparation method of the artificial bone composite material.

Porous ceramics that meet the demand for bone substitute materials and the like are provided. Solution is provided by porous ceramics and a method for producing the porous ceramics, which are ceramics having pores, the pores including open pores and closed pores, the open pores including a plurality of large-diameter open pores having a pore size within a range of 20 to 600 μm and a plurality of micro-diameter open pores having a pore size within a range of 1.0 μm or smaller, wherein the large-diameter open pores are distributed substantially uniformly all over the ceramics.

A method of preparing an inorganic binder for medical use according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes preparing a starting material using a-TCP powder and phosphate powder each of which has a predetermined particle size, producing a paste having a predetermined viscosity that is suitable for formation of a molded article having a predetermined shape by homogeneously mixing the starting material, adding water or saline to the homogeneously mixed starting material, and kneading the resulting mixture, subjecting the molded article to hydration reaction, and washing and drying the molded article having undergone the hydration reaction to obtain an inorganic binder containing OCP and HA crystal phases.

A method for preparing a slurry for photocuring 3D printing is provided, comprising the steps of: mixing monomer molecules of a thermosensitive hydrogel, a photocuring initiator, a crosslinking agent, a solvent, and a ceramic material to obtain the slurry. a method for manufacturing photocuring 3D printed articles is further provided, comprising using the slurry as a raw material, performing a 3D printing procedure by a photocuring 3D printer to obtain a green compact of a 3D printed article; and coating oil to the green compact of the 3D printed article, followed by heating and sintering the oil-coated article, to obtain the 3D printed article.

The present disclosure relates to a medical cement composition containing calcium silicate in an amount of less than 20 wt % of a total weight of the composition, with a lithium salt being added thereto. The medical cement composition of the present disclosure has a low compressive strength of 12 MPa or less, after being hardened, for easy removal, excellent stability in storage, and high bioactivity.

A method for enhancing mechanical properties of sintered, zirconia ceramic bodies and zirconia ceramic dental restorations is provided. A porous or pre-sintered stage of a ceramic body may be treated with a tantalum-containing composition prior to sintering. Alternatively, zirconia ceramic powder may be coated with a tantalum-containing composition prior to forming a shaped ceramic body. After sintering, the resulting ceramic bodies have enhanced mechanical properties, such as greater fracture toughness, without a significant decrease in optical properties.

Thermoset ceramic compositions and a method of preparation of such compositions. The compositions are advanced organic/inorganic hybrid composite polymer ceramic alloys. The material combines strength, hardness and high temperature performance of technical ceramics with the strength, ductility, thermal shock resistance, density, and easy processing of the polymer. Consisting of a branched backbone of silicon, and alumina, with highly coordinated Si—O—Si or Al—O—Al bonds, the material undergoes sintering at 7 to 300 centigrade for 2 to 94 hours from water at a pH between 0 to 14, humidity of 0 to 100%, with or without vaporous solvents.