Bioceramics: a review on design concepts toward tailor-made (multi)-functional materials for tissue engineering applications

Since the second half of the 20th century, bioceramics are widely used as a substitute for hard tissue engineering. Bioceramics including zirconia, alumina, hydroxyapatite, and bioactive glass plays a vital role in the design of tissue engineering scaffolds with tailor-made properties. The bioceramics scaffold has been used to replace or regenerate the tissue of the human body due to its excellent mechanical strength, biocompatibility, chemical stability, corrosion restriction behavior, and wear resistance. The advancement in technology has made the form of bioceramics and their function, structure, and composition more diversified, and manifold. Considering the promising role of the use of bioceramics in tissue engineering, we proposed this review, presenting the classification of bioceramics, their physiochemical properties, degradation pathway, product development so far, and their application in tissue engineering. The calcium phosphate and bioglass-based composite scaffold have also been discussed in detail. Furthermore, this paper also discussed the toxicity evaluation and market perspective of bioceramics. Thus, this review gives a complete insight into bioceramics for tissue engineering applications.