Implant osseointegration and the role of microroughness and nanostructures: lessons for spine implants

RA Gittens, R Olivares-Navarrete, Z Schwartz… - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
The use of spinal implants for spine fusion has been steadily increasing to avoid the risks of
complications and donor site morbidity involved when using autologous bone. A variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Load, unload and repeat: Understanding the mechanical characteristics of zirconia in dentistry

D Chopra, T Guo, K Gulati, S Ivanovski - Dental Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Zirconia-based dental restorations and implants are gaining attention due to their
bioactivity, corrosion resistance and mechanical stability. Further, surface modification of …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing dental implants: Bioactive and therapeutic modifications of zirconia

D Chopra, A Jayasree, T Guo, K Gulati, S Ivanovski - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Zirconium-based implants have gained popularity in the dental implant field owing to their
corrosion resistance and biocompatibility, attributed to the formation of a native zirconia (ZrO …

Osteointegration of titanium implant is sensitive to specific nanostructure morphology

VVD Rani, L Vinoth-Kumar, VC Anitha, K Manzoor… - Acta biomaterialia, 2012 - Elsevier
An important aspect of orthopedic implant integration is the enhancement of functional
activity of osteoblasts at the tissue–implant interface without any fibrous tissue intervention …

Differential responses of osteoblast lineage cells to nanotopographically-modified, microroughened titanium–aluminum–vanadium alloy surfaces

RA Gittens, R Olivares-Navarrete, T McLachlan, Y Cai… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Surface structural modifications at the micrometer and nanometer scales have driven
improved success rates of dental and orthopaedic implants by mimicking the hierarchical …

Biological responses to immobilized microscale and nanoscale surface topographies

SA Skoog, G Kumar, RJ Narayan, PL Goering - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellular responses are highly influenced by biochemical and biomechanical interactions
with the extracellular matrix (ECM). Due to the impact of ECM architecture on cellular …

Sol-gel coatings incorporating borosilicate bioactive glass enhance anti corrosive and surface performance of stainless steel implants

MA Balestriere, K Schuhladen, KH Seitz… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Metals are the most used materials as orthopaedic or dental implants due to their excellent
mechanical properties. Stainless steel is one of the most commonly used materials based on …

Enhanced osteogenic activity of poly (ester urea) scaffolds using facile post-3D printing peptide functionalization strategies

S Li, Y Xu, J Yu, ML Becker - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing has the potential to revolutionize regenerative medicine, but the
harsh thermal or photochemical conditions during the 3D printing process limit the inclusion …

Enhanced osteogenic activity of anatase TiO2 film: Surface hydroxyl groups induce conformational changes in fibronectin

L Lv, K Li, Y Xie, Y Cao, X Zheng - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, with an attempt to identify the effects of TiO 2 crystalline phase compositions on
the osteogenic properties, the anatase and rutile TiO 2 thin films with similar film thickness …

Titanium implant surface properties enhance osseointegration in ovariectomy induced osteoporotic rats without pharmacologic intervention

EM Lotz, DJ Cohen, Z Schwartz… - Clinical oral implants …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study determined whether implant surfaces that promote osseointegration in
normal rats can promote osseointegration in osteoporotic rats without pharmacologic …