Bone Eaters, Carius and Bactus - A History of Biomaterials Research
Physically Engineering

Bone Eaters, Carius and Bactus - A History of Biomaterials Research

Dive into the world of the tooth trolls Karius and Baktus: how can we researchers be of help when the toothbrush alone is no longer enough in the fight against these two? We present a protective shield that makes the teeth more resistant and other concepts for the situation when the two have won the first battle. How do diamonds come into play? Try fixing them to titanium surfaces yourself!
Start 18:00 o'clock
End 00:00 o'clock

At a glance

Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
Fakultät Maschinenwesen
Leibniz-IPF
117, 119
Hohe Straße 6
01069 Dresden (Dresdner Süden)
Dr. Cornelia Wolf-Brandstetter, Gruppenleiterin "Biofunktionalisierte Oberflächen"
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description

The story of the two tooth trolls Karius and Baktus forms the framework for the program - for the younger ones there are excerpts from the story to watch.
This builds a bridge to our research fields, which are dedicated to the protection of the natural tooth surface and the development of dental implant materials, among others.
From our institute 3 groups will present themselves, which are active in the field of biomaterial research.
You will get a broad overview of our research fields by means of exhibits, posters and small video demonstrations.
At an experimental booth, you will have the opportunity to lend a hand yourself and insert tiny diamonds into titanium surfaces in one of our shorter experiments. You can find out what this is useful for at our booth. You can take the small colorful samples home with you as a souvenir.

You can also discover how bone eaters prove to be useful helpers in keeping the skeleton young and resilient during a visit to our laboratories. Here, the importance of calcium for bone formation is explained and an experiment can be conducted to determine the calcium content of various foods. We also show how calcium and many other components are used to make artificial bone substitutes. After all, the different cells, i.e. the bone builders and the bone eaters, should be brought back into balance. You will see and learn which properties are particularly crucial for bone healing and how such samples are created in the 3D printer.

Information on the event format

Presentation Exhibition Participate and do it yourself

stations

Budapester Str.

  • 10 (tram)
  • 7 (tram)

Hauptbahnhof

  • N8 (tram)
  • 10 (tram)
  • 11 (tram)
  • 7 (tram)
  • 9 (tram)
  • 3 (tram)
  • 8 (tram)
  • 66 (bus)