Mechanical and histomorphometric evaluations of titanium implants with different surface treatments inserted in sheep cortical bone

Gianluca Giavaresi, Milena Fini, Alberto Cigada, Roberto Chiesa, Gianni Rondelli, Lia Rimondini, Paola Torricelli, Nicolò Nicoli Aldini, Roberto Giardino

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Abstract

Improvement of the implant-bone interface is still an open problem and the interest in chemical modification of implant surfaces for cementless fixation has grown steadily over the past decade. Mechanical and histomorphometric investigations were performed at different times on implants inserted into sheep femoral cortical bone to compare the in vivo osseointegration of titanium screws (∅ 3.5×7mm length) with different surface treatments. After 8 weeks of implantation, the push-out force of anodized and hydrothermally treated implants (ANODIC) was significantly higher than that of machined implants (MACH) (36%, p

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1583-1594
Number of pages12
JournalBiomaterials
Volume24
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2003

Keywords

  • Histomorphometry
  • Mechanical testing
  • Sheep
  • Surface treatments
  • Titanium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Bioengineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

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