Journal
ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 45, Issue 8, Pages 2025-2035Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-017-1831-7
Keywords
Biomaterials; Gender differences; Guided tissue regeneration; Osteoblasts; Osseointegration; Surface properties
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health [AR052102]
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Titan Spine LLC
- AB Dental
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The objective of this study was to examine the ability of 3D implants with trabecular-bone-inspired porosity and micro-/nano-rough surfaces to enhance vertical bone ingrowth. Porous Ti-6Al-4V constructs were fabricated via laser-sintering and processed to obtain micro-/nano-rough surfaces. Male and female human osteoblasts were seeded on constructs to analyze cell morphology and response. Implants were then placed on rat calvaria for 10 weeks to assess vertical bone ingrowth, mechanical stability and osseointegration. All osteoblasts showed higher levels of osteocalcin, osteoprotegerin, vascular endothelial growth factor and bone morphogenetic protein 2 on porous constructs compared to solid laser-sintered controls. Porous implants placed in vivo resulted in an average of 3.1 +/- 0.6 mm(3) vertical bone growth and osseointegration within implant pores and had significantly higher pull-out strength values than solid implants. New bone formation and pull-out strength was not improved with the addition of demineralized bone matrix putty. Scanning electron images and histological results corroborated vertical bone growth. This study indicates that Ti-6Al-4V implants fabricated by additive manufacturing to have porosity based on trabecular bone and post-build processing to have micro-/nano-surface roughness can support vertical bone growth in vivo, and suggests that these implants may be used clinically to increase osseointegration in challenging patient cases.
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