The experimental study on mixed culture of osteoblasts and tricalcium phosphate ceramicsin vitro

Abstract

To study the effects of tricalcium phosphate (TCP) ceramics on osteoblasts, the rat osteoblasts were cultured with the TCP ceramicsin vitro. Scanning electron microscopy and the colorimetric methyl-thiazol-tetrazolium assay showed that the osteoblasts could adhere well to the surface of the ceramics and the culture dish, and the proliferation of the cells was not inhibited. The results demonstrated that TCP ceramics possessed an excellent cytocompatibility with the osteoblasts, and had some promoting effects on proliferation of osteoblasts.

Keywords

tricalcium phosphate / ceramics / osteoblast / in vitro culture

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