Nanometals for next-generation medical implants

Abstract

Today, the development and manufacture of medical implants and products is an actively progressing scientific and technical area that includes the development of new materials and design technologies, the manufacture of new products, quality control and the training of engineering and medical professionals. The reports presented in this session will introduce the audience to new developments in the area of nanostructured metallic biomaterials for dentistry and surgery. Nanostructured metallic materials have enhanced strength and lifetime. Surface modification by means of chemical etching and the deposition of bioactive coatings significantly increases the biomedical properties of a material. Nanomaterials provide an opportunity to design and create new medical implants with an improved design and an enhanced functionality for dentistry and surgery. The emergence of additive technologies enables the manufacture of medical products for various purposes or in different sizes, and reducing the product mass and the time of prototype manufacture, and most importantly – allows custom sizes.