“…Since calcium orthophosphates are either thermally unstable (MCPM, MCPA, DCPA, DCPD, OCP, ACP, CDHA) or have a melting point at temperatures exceeding ~1400 °C with a partial decomposition (α-TCP, β-TCP, HA, FA, TTCP), only the first and the second consolidation approaches are used to prepare bulk bioceramics and scaffolds. The methods include uniaxial compaction [198,199,200], isostatic pressing (cold or hot) [108,201,202,203,204,205,206,207], granulation [208,209,210,211,212,213], loose packing [214], slip casting [93,215,216,217,218,219,220], gel casting [188,189,221,222,223,224,225], pressure mold forming [226], injection molding [227,228,229], polymer replication [230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237], extrusion [238,239,240,241,242], slurry dipping and spraying [243]. In addition, to form ceramic sheets from slurries, tape casting [105,223,244,245,246], doctor blade [247] and colander me...…”