Sosman Lecture.
The Role of Ceramics in an Age of Biology (L.L. Hench).
Processing and Characterization of Phosphate Bioceramics.
A Review of Bone Substitutes in Bone Remodeling: Influence ofMaterials
Chemistry and Porosity (A. Cuneyt Tas).
Manufacturing of Thermally Sprayed Tricalcium Phosphate Coatingsfor
Biomedical Applications (M. Baccalaro, R. Gadow, and K. vonNiessen).
Hydrothermal Deposition of Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Glass andCeramics (H. Pan, M.N. Rahaman, and J.-S. Ha).
Porous Hydroxyapatite Containing Silicon Derived from Natural Coral(Y.-H. Kim, S.-R. Kim, S.J. Jung, Y.J. Lee, and H. Song).
Electrochemical Deposition and Patterning of Calcium PhosphateBioceramic Coating (K. Duan, Y. Fan, and R. Wang).
Oxide Based Sintering Additives for HAp Ceramics (S. Kalita, S.Bose, A. Bandyopadhyay, and H.L. Hosick).
Synthesis, Characterization and Sintering Behavior of CalciumHydroxyapatite Powders with Average Particle Diameters of 150nm(A.C. Sutorik, M.S. Paras, D. Lawrence, A. Kennedy and T.Hinklin).
Microstructure of Hydroxyapatite Thick Film (W.-L. Shieh, W.-Y.Huang, and T.-S. Sheu).
Molecularly Dispersed Hydroxyapatite Polymer Nanocomposites (O.C.Wilson Jr., and L. Marshall).
Interactions between Ceramics and Biological Environments.
Effects of Organic Molecules In Kokubös Simulated Body Fluidon Apatite Formation on Bioactive Glass and Titanium Substrates (K.Tsuru, Y. Higashi, S. Hayakawa, and A. Osaka).
Hydroxy-Carbonate Apatite Synthesis, Blood Compatibility andAdsorption of Specific Pathogenic Proteins (S. Hayakawa, Y. Kusudo,S. Takemoto, K. Tsusru, A. Osaka, and S. Takashima).
In Vitro Stability Predictions of Osteoblast Interaction withHydroxyapatite and beta-Tricalcium Phosphate (I.O. Smith, M.K.Soto, M.J. Baumann, and L. McCabe).
Two and 10 Year Retrievals of Zirconia Femoral Heads: XRD, SEM andRaman Sprctroscopy Studies (D.D. Green, G. Pezzotti, S. Sakakura,M. Ries and I.C. Clarke).
Phase Transformation and Residual Stresses In Retrieved ZirconiaHip Implants - A Raman Microprobe Spectroscopy Study (G.Pezzotti, S. Sakakura, A. Porporatti, D.D. Green, I.C. Clarke, andN. Sugano).
BioLubrication Phenomena (Protiens) May Control the Wear -Perfromance of Zirconia Hip Joints (I.C. Clarke, D.D. Green, G.Pezzotti, S. Sakakura and B. Ben-Nissan).

The content from these proceedings comes from a symposium honoring Larry Hench, a pioneer in the field of bioceramics. Prof. Hench has condensed his Sosman Lecture into the keynote paper of this volume. In addition, this proceedings draws together research in the different aspects of bioceramics and illustrates its unifying themes. Apatites and active bone substitute materials are well represented, with extended analyses of processing effects and variations in making these materials more functional. Included in this volume are a series of papers on interactions between ceramics and biological environments with some much needed analysis of why ceramics succeed or don't in vivo.
Proceedings of a symposium to honor Larry Hench at the 105th annual meeting of The American Ceramic Society, April 27-30, 2003, in Nashville, Tennessee; Ceramic Transactions, Volume 147.