{"id":1609,"date":"2019-11-20T15:39:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/?page_id=1609"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:12:14","slug":"page-bioceramics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/page-bioceramics\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical bioceramics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is a Medical Bioceramic?<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"large\">Bioceramic<\/span> is a specific class of advanced ceramics used for medical applications. Indeed, bioceramic is chemically inert, anticorrosive, antibacterial and dimensionally stable. These properties are making this type of ceramic the perfect material for dental &amp; bone implants. Bioceramics also emerge in niche applications, such as in specific tools dedicated to medical operations, or in pacemakers as electrical insulators.<\/p>\n<p>Bioceramic covers a lot of materials, two of which are High Purity Alumina (HPA) and Zirconia based materials.<\/p>\n<h2><a class=\"bouton-bleu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/application\/bioceramics\/\">View medical bioceramic related powders &amp; slurries<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Properties of bioceramics<\/h3>\n<p>Bioceramics appear in highly demanding medical applications for their remarkable properties:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1660 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_357691577small-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_48258208small-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Embedded in the body, bioceramics must be <strong>biocompatible<\/strong>. On the one hand, this material is antibacterial and chemically inert in the body. That is why HPA and Zirconia bioceramics are particularly biocompatible. Moreover, Zirconia is known for its noncytotoxicity, meaning that it is not toxic to cells.<\/li>\n<li>Bioceramic shall be <strong>long-lasting<\/strong>, as implants in the body must last longer than a human life. This material is dimensionally stable and anticorrosive. It has remarkable mechanical properties as any technical ceramic, thanks to its exceptional intrinsic hardness. <strong>We provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/chemistry\/zta-atz\/\">zirconia-based materia<\/a>l, like BSZ <\/strong>(Baikowski\u2019s Yttria Stabilized Zirconia) and<strong> ATZ <\/strong>(our Alumina Toughened Zirconia)<strong> as well as alumina-based material like ZTA<\/strong> (Zirconia Toughened Alumina) <strong>to create durable bioceramic parts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/restorative-dental-applications\/\"><strong>dental applications<\/strong><\/a>, bioceramics must be <strong>esthetic<\/strong>. Indeed, the implant supposedly closely mimics the appearance of a natural tooth; <strong>transparency and specific color<\/strong>. BSZ8Y particularly fits dental implant application, insofar as it is combining 8% of Yttria (bringing the transparency) with the mechanical properties of Zirconia. Moreover, we can add <strong>colored dopant<\/strong> upon request, in order to add the final touch to the appearance of the final bioceramic.<\/li>\n<li>Dental composites shall feature\u00a0<strong>radiopacity<\/strong> to be easily located on radiographs. That&#8217;s why Mathym\u00ae developped the <strong>YbF3, Ytterbium trifluoride nanoparticles in suspension<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/serie\/filyxio-nano-ytterbium-fluoride\/\">filyxio\u00ae <\/a><\/strong>dispersions contain the smallest YbF3 nanoparticles on the market and exhibit the highest available solid contents. Mathym\u00ae also developed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/serie\/zilight-ultra-small-nanozirconia\/\"><strong>Zirconia nanoparticles in suspension<\/strong><\/a>, allowing to combine radiopacity and <strong>enhanced mechanical properties<\/strong> of the dental composite.\u00a0Learn more in our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dental-Nanofillers-white-paper-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dental nanofillers whitepaper.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those properties are strengthened by our know-how on the control of crystallographic phase purity and of particle size &amp; size distribution in the delivered products. Moreover, we can <strong>dope our products on request<\/strong> in order to add intended mechanical properties and customized color for your final bioceramic parts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3486 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Baikowski\u00ae-products-2018_\u00a9utopikphoto-25-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Synthetic teeth made with high purity zirconia\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Processability of Baikowski\u00ae powders<\/h3>\n<p>We provide powders for bioceramics. Our powders adapt easily to the customer process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our products are presenting a <strong>high sintering reactivity<\/strong>, leading to a low firing temperature during the customer\u2019s process. The final bioceramic thus keeps good mechanical properties.<\/li>\n<li>Technical ceramic parts are often manufactured through injection molding. We provide <strong>ready-to-press products<\/strong>, according to our customer\u2019s process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>We customize your<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>products<\/strong> with:\n<ul>\n<li>Zirconia stabilizer (Y, Ce, Mg\u2026 ; molar ratio). We can dope our BSZ with yttrium from 3 to 10 mol%.<\/li>\n<li>Inorganic pigments, enhancing both mechanical and esthetical properties<\/li>\n<li>Various media for your Zirconia or YbF3 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/chemistry\/nanodispersions\/\">nanodispersions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>We control purity<\/strong>, as it is the first guarantee of a perfect and long-lasting transparency<\/li>\n<li>We can <strong>dope on request your ATZ\/ZTA with a third phase<\/strong> for improved mechanical properties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"bouton-bleu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/application\/bioceramics\/\">View related products<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Medical Bioceramic? Bioceramic is a specific class of advanced ceramics used for medical applications. Indeed, bioceramic is chemically inert, anticorrosive, antibacterial and dimensionally stable. These properties are making this type of ceramic the perfect material for dental &amp; bone implants. Bioceramics also emerge in niche applications, such as in specific tools dedicated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":3558,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1609","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bioceramics for the medical sector - Baikowski\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about high purity stabilized zirconia or alumina, used for ceramic prosthesis applications like dental &amp; orthopedics.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/page-bioceramics\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bioceramics for the medical sector - 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