Silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite composites for bone tissue engineering

M Farokhi, F Mottaghitalab, S Samani… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is a natural fibrous polymer with strong potential for many biomedical
applications. SF has attracted interest in the field of bone tissue engineering due to its …

Osseointegration: hierarchical designing encompassing the macrometer, micrometer, and nanometer length scales

PG Coelho, R Jimbo, N Tovar, EA Bonfante - Dental Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Osseointegration has been a proven concept in implant dentistry and orthopedics
for decades. Substantial efforts for engineering implants for reduced treatment time frames …

Osseointegration of metallic devices: current trends based on implant hardware design

PG Coelho, R Jimbo - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
Osseointegration of metallic devices has been one of the most successful treatments in
rehabilitative dentistry and medicine over the past five decades. While highly successful, the …

Micro-arc oxidation as a tool to develop multifunctional calcium-rich surfaces for dental implant applications

AR Ribeiro, F Oliveira, LC Boldrini, PE Leite… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Titanium (Ti) is commonly used in dental implant applications. Surface modification
strategies are being followed in last years in order to build Ti oxide-based surfaces that can …

Bone morphogenetic proteins: promising molecules for bone healing, bioengineering, and regenerative medicine

ACO Carreira, WF Zambuzzi, MC Rossi… - Vitamins & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), glycoproteins secreted by some cells, are members
of the TGF-β superfamily that have been implicated in a wide variety of roles. Currently …

PI3K/AKT signaling drives titanium-induced angiogenic stimulus

BR Martins, TS Pinto, CJ da Costa Fernandes… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Although osseointegration and clinical success of titanium (Ti)-implanted materials depend
on neovascularization in the reactional peri-implant tissue, very little has been achieved …

Effects of laser and ozone therapies on bone healing in the calvarial defects

HO Kazancioglu, S Ezirganli… - Journal of Craniofacial …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
This study aims to analyze the effect of the low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and ozone therapy
on the bone healing of critical size defect (CSD) in rat calvaria. A total of 30 Wistar male rats …

Obesity/metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus on peri-implantitis

PGFP de Oliveira, EA Bonfante, ETP Bergamo… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2020 - cell.com
Literature has reported that up to 50% of dental implants may be affected by peri-implantitis,
a bacteria-induced chronic inflammatory process, which promotes osteoclast-mediated bone …

Nano hydroxyapatite‐blasted titanium surface affects pre‐osteoblast morphology by modulating critical intracellular pathways

F Bezerra, MR Ferreira, GN Fontes… - Biotechnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Although, intracellular signaling pathways are proposed to predict the quality of cell‐surface
relationship, this study addressed pre‐osteoblast behavior in response to nano …

Nanohydroxyapatite‐blasted bioactive surface drives shear‐stressed endothelial cell growth and angiogenesis

TS Pinto, BR Martins, MR Ferreira… - BioMed Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanosized crystalline hydroxyapatite coating (HAnano®) accelerates the osteointegration of
dental implants which is hypothesized to drive angiogenesis. In order to test this hypothesis …