Wielgus Gabriela, Kajzer Wojciech, Kajzer Anita
Department of Biomaterials and Medical Devices Engineering, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Roosevelta 40 Street, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Polymers (Basel). 2025 Aug 7;17(15):2158. doi: 10.3390/polym17152158.
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer which, due to its very high mechanical properties and high chemical resistance, has found application in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, food and medical (biomedical engineering) industries. Owing to the use of additive technologies, particularly the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) method, this material is the most widely used plastic to produce skull reconstruction implants, parts of dental implants and orthopedic implants, including spinal, knee and hip implants. PEEK enables the creation of personalized implants, which not only have greater elasticity compared to implants made of metal alloys but also resemble the physical properties of the cortical layer of human bone in terms of their mechanical properties. Therefore, the aim of this article is to characterize polyether ether ketone as an alternative material used in the manufacturing of implants in orthopedics and dentistry.
聚醚醚酮（PEEK）是一种半结晶热塑性聚合物，由于其具有非常高的机械性能和高化学抗性，已在汽车、航空航天、化工、食品和医疗（生物医学工程）行业得到应用。由于增材制造技术的使用，特别是熔融长丝制造（FFF）方法，这种材料是生产颅骨重建植入物、牙科植入物部件和骨科植入物（包括脊柱、膝盖和髋关节植入物）最广泛使用的塑料。PEEK能够制造个性化植入物，这些植入物不仅比金属合金制成的植入物具有更大的弹性，而且在机械性能方面类似于人类骨骼皮质层的物理特性。因此，本文的目的是将聚醚醚酮作为一种用于骨科和牙科植入物制造的替代材料进行特性描述。
