Table 3.

Desirable scaffolds characteristics for bone tissue engineering

Biocompatibility	Bioactivity	Osteoinduction	Osteoconduction	Bioresorption	Mechanical resistance	Porosity
No immune rejection; no releasing of toxic components	Binding and consolidation to host bone	Pluripotent cells stimulation and osteogenesis	Passive conduction of bone growth	Scaffold degradation replaced by bone formation	Similar elastic and compressive strength to host bone	Architecture allowing vascular invasion and cell‐scaffold interaction