Refers_To_DOI NOT FOUND IN META- DATA.TXT, please check and proceed Data Article Biphasic calcium phosphates (BCP) of hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) as bone substitutes: Importance of physicochemical characterizations in biomaterials studies Mehdi Ebrahimi n , Michael Botelho Oral rehabilitation, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong article info Article history: Received 11 November 2016 Received in revised form 17 November 2016 Accepted 23 November 2016 Available online 28 November 2016 abstract The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Biphasic calcium phosphates bioceramics (HA/TCP): Concept, physicochemical properties and the impact of standar- dization of study protocols in biomaterials research” [1]. This article provides in depth study of BCP bone substitutes as valuable option in the field of tissue engineering. However, there are dis- crepancies in the literature regarding the ideal physicochemical Contents lists available at ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/dib Data in Brief http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.11.080 2352-3409/& 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. DOI of original article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2016.11.039 n Correspondence to: Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 34 Hospital Road, Hong Kong. Fax: þ852 28586114. E-mail address: ebrahimi@hku.hk (M. Ebrahimi). Data in Brief 10 (2017) 93–97