Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Tsuneo Tabata

Kazuo Kato

Hideki Aoki

Makoto Ogiso

Disclosed is an orthopedic and dental implant ceramic composition comprising hydroxyapatite and whitlockite. Said composition is prepared by blending 50 to 99.5% by weight of a crystalline hydroxyapatite and 0.5 to 50% by weight of whitlockite, and then, sintering the blend at a temperature of 900.degree. to 1,400.degree. C. Said crystalline hydroxyapatite is prepared by the solid phase reaction wherein a mixture of a calcium phosphate, having a Ca/P ratio of 1.5 to 1.67 by mole, and a stoichiometric amount or more of a calcium compound is heated at a temperature of 500.degree. to 1,000.degree. C. Said calcium compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of CaCO.sub.3, CaO, Ca(OH).sub.2, CaF.sub.2, Ca(COO).sub.2, Ca(NO.sub.3).sub.2 and CaCl.sub.2.

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Tsuneo Tabata