Preparation and Evaluation of Porous Silver-Doped Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds

Abstracts of Riga Technical University 54th International Scientific Conference. Section: Material Science and Applied Chemistry 2013
Arita Dubņika, Lāsma Mālniece, Anete Miglāne, Dagnija Loča, Vita Rudoviča, Līga Bērziņa-Cimdiņa

Silver-doped hydroxyapatite (HAp/Ag) has been extensively studied as an implant material in recent decades due to its antibacterial and osteoconductive properties. However, by adding improved functionality, like drug delivery, to antibacterial and biocompatible bone graft substitutes it is possible to develop multifunctional implant materials. One of the possibilities for preparation of drug delivery systems on the basics of hydroxyapatite is to develop porous scaffold. Therefore, the aims of the research have been to prepare porous HAp/Ag scaffolds, to determine the silver release rate and to evaluate the scaffold morphology.

Keywords
silver-doped hydroxyapatite, porous scaffolds, silver release, drug delivery

Dubņika, A., Poča, L., Miglāne, A., Loča, D., Rudoviča, V., Bērziņa-Cimdiņa, L. Preparation and Evaluation of Porous Silver-Doped Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds. In: Abstracts of Riga Technical University 54th International Scientific Conference : Section: Material Science and Applied Chemistry, Latvia, Rīga, 14-16 October, 2013. Riga: Riga Technical University, 2013, pp.41-41. ISBN 9789934104640.

Publication language
English (en)