Abstract
Commercially available calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH) powders were mixed with anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate (monetite) in order to develop a novel resorbable orthopedic cement. The setting solution, distilled water, converted the CSH into gypsum as proven by an X-ray diffraction. This conversion into gypsum is what gives the cement its high compressive strength. The addition of monetite gives the cement a high bioresorbablity and remodeling ability that is not present in the pure CSH cements on the market today. Instead of merely dissolving into powder when placed in body fluids like CSH cements, the phosphate-enhanced cement in vivo may convert into apatitic bone-like structures.
Introduction

Thanks to the considerable advances in orthopedic surgery in the past twenty years, surgeons today are faced with many different techniques and substances with which to fill and correct bone defects. The most common treatment of choice for these corrections,......

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Title: Synthesis Of An Orthopedic Cement By The Addition Of Anhydrous Calcium Hydrogen Phosphate To Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate
Approximate Word Count: 2234
Approximate Pages: 9 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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