Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editorial : introduction to immune response and biomaterials / Nihal Engin Vrana -- Immune response to nanoparticles / Ozge Erdemli, Aysen Tezcaner -- The effects of biomaterials with micro/nanotopographies on immune cells in vitro and in vivo / Hayriye Ozcelik -- The overview of titanium and its crystalline phases : the impact in biomedical applications / Miklos Weszl, Liza Pelyhe, Estzer Bognar, Imre Kientzl -- Bacterial attachment and biofilm formation on biomaterials : the case of dental and orthopaedic implants / Lia Rimondini, Michael Gasik -- Biomaterial surface properties : implications in immune response / Tugba Endogan Tanir, Gunes Esendagli, Eda Ayse Aksoy -- Hyaluronic acid as a biomaterial and its role in immune system / Barbora Safrankova, Kristina Nesporova, Ivana Scigalkova -- Osteoimmunomodulation with biomaterials / Bengu Aktas, Bora Garipcan, Zehra Betul Ahi, Kadriye Tuzlakoglu, Emre Ergene, Pinar Yilgor Huri -- Macrophage based immunomodulation for biomaterial applications / Helena Knopf-Marques, Lilian Paiva, Flavie Prévot, Julien Barthès -- Biomaterials and immune response in periodontics / Sivaraman Prakasam, Praveen Gajendrareddy, Christopher Louie, Clarence Lee, Luiz E. Bertassoni.