Research Article

Microstereolithography-Based Fabrication of Anatomically Shaped Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering

Table 1

The height, pore diameters (cross section), and the porosity of ceramic samples.

Scaffold typesThe height of the customized TCP scaffoldsPore diameters (mm)Porosity (vol%)
Designed (mm)Resin mold (mm)Sintered (mm)Shrinkage (%)

Without cortical bone ()5.315.33 ± 0.094.90 ± 0.178.02 ± 3.480.45 ± 0.0326.57 ± 1.05
With cortical bone ()5.315.35 ± 0.054.86 ± 0.249.11 ± 4.560.44 ± 0.0218.25 ± 1.69