P-tricalcium phosphate (P-TCP) is a biodegradable ceramic with potential application for bone replacement. In this work, porous ^-TCP scaffolds were fabricated via selective laser sintering, which is a rapid prototyping technique. f>-TCP and glue composite was developed as a powder material to product porous scaffolds, using this computer-controlled sintering and deposition process. The P-TCP scaffolds were produced with the strut size 800)Li m and max porosity 55.4%. Compressive modulus ranged from 13MPa to 18Mpa, and shrinkage was about 26%. Analysis of the measured data shows a high correlation between the scaffold porosity and the compressive properties based on SLS process relationship.
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