A strong interest in the use of ceramics for biomedical engineering applications developed in the late 1960’s. Used initially as alternatives to metallic materials in order to increase the biocompatibility of implants, bioceramics have become a diverse class of biomaterials presently including three basic types: relatively bioinert ceramics maintain their physical and mechanical properties in the host and form a fibrous tissue of variable thickness; surface reactive bioceramics which form a direct chemical bonds with the host; and bioresorbable ceramics that are dissolved with the time and the surrounding tissue replaces it.

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