MBCP™... For balanced bone regeneration.

Using the mineral building blocks naturally found in human bone, MBCP goes a step beyond the realm of everyday hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) with its unique combination of micro and macroporosity technology.
The MBCP key to balanced bone regeneration is its unique ratio between micro and macro porosity and its unique ratio between HA and ß-TCP.

Product composition

• 40% ß-TCP – calcium and phosphate ion release

• 60% HA – scaffold effect for osteoblastic activity

• 70% overall porosity
  - 2/3 macroporosity
  - 1/3 microporosity

Microporosity+macroporosity=Controlled Bioactivity=›Resorption & Substitution

Microporosity (pores <10µm) allows the diffusion of biological fluids, by the capillary action, into the three-dimensional matrix. Inside the fine pores of the matrix, biological fluids dissolve ß-TCP producing calcium phosphate ions that are released back into the biological fluids. This saturation of ions leads to precipitation of apatite crystal identical to that of the natural bone minerals. Shortly afterwards, this process creates a surface that promotes bone cell adhesion.

Macroporosity (300 to 600µm) promote a deep invasion of osteogenic cells by osteoconduction. Through the same resorption and formation cycle as the natural bone remodeling process, new bone increases progressively at the expense of the MBCP.