Issue 1, 2024

Smart stimuli-responsive strategies for titanium implant functionalization in bone regeneration and therapeutics

Abstract

With the increasing and aging of global population, there is a dramatic rise in the demand for implants or substitutes to rehabilitate bone-related disorders which can considerably decrease quality of life and even endanger lives. Though titanium and its alloys have been applied as the mainstream material to fabricate implants for load-bearing bone defect restoration or temporary internal fixation devices for bone fractures, it is far from rare to encounter failed cases in clinical practice, particularly with pathological factors involved. In recent years, smart stimuli-responsive (SSR) strategies have been conducted to functionalize titanium implants to improve bone regeneration in pathological conditions, such as bacterial infection, chronic inflammation, tumor and diabetes mellitus, etc. SSR implants can exert on-demand therapeutic and/or pro-regenerative effects in response to externally applied stimuli (such as photostimulation, magnetic field, electrical and ultrasound stimulation) or internal pathology-related microenvironment changes (such as decreased pH value, specific enzyme secreted by bacterial and excessive production of reactive oxygen species). This review summarizes recent progress on the material design and fabrication, responsive mechanisms, and in vitro and in vivo evaluations for versatile clinical applications of SSR titanium implants. In addition, currently existing limitations and challenges and further prospective directions of these strategies are also discussed.

Graphical abstract: Smart stimuli-responsive strategies for titanium implant functionalization in bone regeneration and therapeutics

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
08 Aug 2023
Accepted
03 Oct 2023
First published
04 Oct 2023

Mater. Horiz., 2024,11, 12-36

Smart stimuli-responsive strategies for titanium implant functionalization in bone regeneration and therapeutics

J. Zhang, Y. Zhuang, R. Sheng, H. Tomás, J. Rodrigues, G. Yuan, X. Wang and K. Lin, Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11, 12 DOI: 10.1039/D3MH01260C

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