| abstract |
A highly strong implant material having continuous passages in a dimensional direction, which is a ceramic material comprising hydroxyapatite and is useful as the substitutive material for bones in the fields of surgery and orthopaedics or the filling material in the cavities of bones in the fields of dentistry and oral surgery is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process in which a body is made of alternate layers of particulate hydroxyapatite and nets of organic polymer, the body is press-moulded, then heated to gasify the net and then fired to produce the new ceramic material. |