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The Center for Biomaterials in the Department of Reconstructive Sciences provides an infrastructure for research
on biomedical materials at the University of Connecticut Health
Center. Most research programs are interdisciplinary with
primary collaborations involving the Center for Regenerative
Medicine and Skeletal Development, the Department of
Reconstructive Sciences, the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, the
New England Musculoskeletal Institute, the General Clinical Research Center
and the Institute of Materials Science at the Storrs campus.
A wide range of opportunities are available for undergraduate,
graduate, dental and medical students and residents. Students
should contact individual faculty members for additional information and
view the links on the Students page.
The thematic research areas most strongly represented
include:
- Structure-property relations of materials important in dentistry
- Scaffolds for tissue engineering
- Fiber composites
- Dental implant design
- Nano-particulate anti-cancer drug delivery
- Fatigue (dental implants, bonded ceramics)
- Bone augmentation associated with dental implants
- CAD/CAM ceramics development
- Sustained release of osteogenic agents
- Catalyzed synthetic biomineralization
- Development of clinically-validated in vitro tests
The Center for Biomaterials has a strong
history in translational research that has brought novel,
patented materials to use in clinical dental practice. |
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