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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Healthc Mater. 2021 Apr 19;10(11):e2001986. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202001986

Table 2.

Summary of 3D printed scaffolds for bone regeneration covered in this review.

Category Sub-category Materials Biology evaluation Reference
Organic scaffolds Polymer-based scaffolds Collagen/dECM/silk fibroin In vitro: cell viability, proliferation and osteogenic activities of MC3T3-E1 cells [65]
PCL/PEG In vitro: viability and osteogenic activities of MG63 cells [66]
PCL/PANI microparticles In vitro: viability and proliferation of hADSCs [67]
PCL/PEDOT In vitro: proliferation of MSCs [68]
PEDOT:PSS In vitro: osteogenic activities of MC3T3-E1 cells [69]
PEDOT:PSS/GelMA In vitro: viability of C2C12s cells
In vivo: biodegradation and biocompatibility in rat
[70]
Bioprinting Agarose/collagen In vitro: osteogenic differentiation of MSCs [71]
Gelatin/hyaluronic acid/chondroitin sulfate/dextran/alginate/chitosan/heparin/PEG In vitro: osteogenic activity of osteogenic sarcoma cell line (Saos-2)  [72]
PCL/GelMA/PLGA microparticles In vitro: viability of fibroblasts [73]
Inorganic scaffolds Ceramics Ca2MgSi2O7 bioceramic/45S5 bioactive glass/photosensitive resin In vitro: viability, proliferation, osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs and angiogenic activities of HUVECs
In vivo: bone and blood vessels regeneration in rabbit femoral defects
[74]
BCP In vitro: attachment, viability, proliferation and osteogenic and angiogenic activities of MC3T3-E1 cells; ERK1/2 inhibitor treatment analysis
In vivo: regeneration of rabbit cranial bone defects
[75]
metal-organic framework Cu-TCPP nanosheets/β-TCP In vitro: anti-tumor efficacy with NIR light; cell attachments, osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs and angiogenic activities of HUVECs
In vivo: tumor ablation in nude mice; bone regeneration of rabbit femoral defects
[76]
Mxene/bioactive glass In vitro: cytotoxicity and cell ablation of Saos-2 cells with NIR light; proliferation and differentiation of hBMSCs
In vivo: photothermal performance and tumor ablation in nude mice; bone regeneration of rat cranial defects
[77]
mesoporous silica/Mxene/bioactive glass In vitro: NO uptake and cell ablation of Saos-2 cells with NIR light; proliferation and differentiation of hBMSCs
In vivo: photothermal performance and tumor ablation in nude mice; bone regeneration of rat cranial defects
[78]
Metallic scaffolds titanium In vitro: attachment, viability, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs
In vivo: the formation of new bone in rabbit femoral defects
[79]
tantalum In vitro: attachment, viability, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs
In vivo: bone formation in rabbit femoral defects
[80]
magnesium N.A. [81]
iron In vitro: cell attachments and cytotoxicity of MG63 cells [82]
iron/HA In vitro: viability and osteogenic differentiation of rabbit BMSCs [83]
titanium/alginate/nHA In vitro: attachment, viability, proliferation and osteogenic activities of pre-osteoblasts [84]
titanium/nanodiamond In vitro: attachment and proliferation of human fibroblasts and rat primary osteoblasts; anti-bacteria assay [85]
titanium/autologous platelet -rich plasma In vitro: viability and osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs
In vivo: regeneration of femoral defects in rabbit osteoporosis models
[86]
Hybrid Scaffolds N.A. HA/carboxymethyl chitosan/polydopamine In vitro: cytotoxicity and attachment of MC3T3-E1 cells
In vivo: biosafety and regeneration of rabbit femoral condyle defects
[87]
tri-block poly (lactide-co-propylene glycol-co-lactide) dimethacrylate and hydroxyethyl methacrylate functionalized HA nanoparticles In vitro: cell viability, proliferation, and morphology of rMSCs
In vivo: bone regeneration of rabbit femoral condyle defects
[88]
PLGA/TCP/magnesium In vivo: biosafety test and osteogenesis and angiogenesis in steroid associated osteonecrosis (SAON) rabbit model [89]
silk fibroin/bioactive glass In vitro: cell attachment, viability, proliferation and osteogenic activities of hBMSCs
In vivo: heterotopic bone formation
[90]
PCL/decellularized porcine bone In vitro: cell viability and osteogenic activities of hMSCs
In vivo: bone regeneration of rat cranial bone defects
[91]
Gelatin/Alginate/CaCl2 N.A. [92]
CPC/Alginate In vitro: cell viability and osteogenic differentiation of MSCs [93]
CPC/alginate-methylcellulose blend In vitro: cell viability of hTERT-MSC [94]
polyurethane acrylate elastomer N.A. [95]
Ca7MgSi4O16 bioceramic/sodium alginate/Pluronic F-127 In vitro: cell viability and osteogenic activities of BMSCs and angiogenic activities of HUVECs
In vivo: bone regeneration of rabbit radius segmental defect model
[96]

dECM: decellularized extracellular matrix, PCL: poly(ε-caprolactone), PEG: polyethylene glycol, PANI: polyaniline, PEDOT: poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), PEDOT:PSS: poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate), PLGA: poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), BCP: biphasic calcium phosphate, Cu-TCPP: copper coordinated tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin, β-TCP: β-tricalcium phosphate, HA: hydroxyapatite, hADSCs: human adipose-derived stem cells, MSCs: mesenchymal stem cells, hBMSCs: human bone mesenchymal stem cells, HUVECs: human umbilical vein endothelial cells, CPC: calcium phosphate cement, hTERT-MSC: human mesenchymal stem cell line expressing hTERT (human telomerase reverse transcriptase)