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Bone integration capability of nanopolymorphic crystalline hydroxyapatite coated on titanium implants

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Nanomedicine, February 2012
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Title
Bone integration capability of nanopolymorphic crystalline hydroxyapatite coated on titanium implants
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International Journal of Nanomedicine, February 2012
DOI 10.2147/ijn.s28082
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Masahiro Yamada, Takeshi Ueno, Naoki Tsukimura, Takayuki Ikeda, Kaori Nakagawa, Norio Hori, Takeo Suzuki, Takahiro Ogawa

Abstract

The mechanism by which hydroxyapatite (HA)-coated titanium promotes bone-implant integration is largely unknown. Furthermore, refining the fabrication of nano-structured HA to the level applicable to the mass production process for titanium implants is challenging. This study reports successful creation of nanopolymorphic crystalline HA on microroughened titanium surfaces using a combination of flame spray and low-temperature calcination and tests its biological capability to enhance bone-implant integration. Sandblasted microroughened titanium implants and sandblasted + HA-coated titanium implants were subjected to biomechanical and histomorphometric analyses in a rat model. The HA was 55% crystallized and consisted of nanoscale needle-like architectures developed in various diameters, lengths, and orientations, which resulted in a 70% increase in surface area compared to noncoated microroughened surfaces. The HA was free from impurity contaminants, with a calcium/phosphorus ratio of 1.66 being equivalent to that of stoichiometric HA. As compared to microroughened implants, HA-coated implants increased the strength of bone-implant integration consistently at both early and late stages of healing. HA-coated implants showed an increased percentage of bone-implant contact and bone volume within 50 μm proximity of the implant surface, as well as a remarkably reduced percentage of soft tissue intervention between bone and the implant surface. In contrast, bone volume outside the 50 μm border was lower around HA-coated implants. Thus, this study demonstrated that the addition of pure nanopolymorphic crystalline HA to microroughened titanium not only accelerates but also enhances the level of bone-implant integration and identified the specific tissue morphogenesis parameters modulated by HA coating. In particular, the nanocrystalline HA was proven to be drastic in increasing osteoconductivity and inhibiting soft tissue infiltration, but the effect was limited to the immediate microenvironment surrounding the implant.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Latvia 1 2%
United States 1 2%
Portugal 1 2%
Unknown 53 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 20%
Researcher 10 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Other 11 20%
Unknown 11 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 27%
Materials Science 10 18%
Engineering 5 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 5%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 15 27%
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