Osseointegration of titanium implants functionalised with phosphoserine-tethered poly(epsilon-lysine) dendrons: a comparative study with traditional surface treatments in sheep

Stübinger, Stefan; Nuss, Katja; Bürki, Alexander; Mosch, Isabel; le Sidler, Miché; Meikle, Steve T.; von Rechenberg, Brigitte; Santin, Matteo (2015). Osseointegration of titanium implants functionalised with phosphoserine-tethered poly(epsilon-lysine) dendrons: a comparative study with traditional surface treatments in sheep. Journal of materials science - materials in medicine, 26(2), p. 87. Springer 10.1007/s10856-015-5433-3

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The aim of this study was to analyse the osseointegrative potential of phosphoserine-tethered dendrons when applied as surface functionalisation molecules on titanium implants in a sheep model after 2 and 8 weeks of implantation. Uncoated and dendron-coated implants were implanted in six sheep. Sandblasted and etched (SE) or porous additive manufactured (AM) implants with and without additional dendron functionalisation (SE-PSD; AM-PSD) were placed in the pelvic bone. Three implants per group were examined histologically and six implants were tested biomechanically. After 2 and 8 weeks the bone-to-implant contact (BIC) total values of SE implants (43.7 ± 12.2; 53.3 ± 9.0 %) and SE-PSD (46.7 ± 4.5; 61.7 ± 4.9 %) as well as AM implants (20.49 ± 5.1; 43.9 ± 9.7 %) and AM-PSD implants (19.7 ± 3.5; 48.3 ± 15.6 %) showed no statistically significant differences. For SE-PSD and AM-PSD a separate analysis of only the cancellous BIC demonstrated a statistically significant difference after 2 and 8 weeks. Biomechanical findings proved the overall increased stability of the porous implants after 8 weeks. Overall, the great effect of implant macro design on osseointegration was further supported by additional phosphoserine-tethered dendrons for SE and AM implants.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute for Surgical Technology & Biomechanics ISTB [discontinued]

UniBE Contributor:

Bürki, Alexander

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0957-4530

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Alexander Bürki

Date Deposited:

15 Dec 2015 10:21

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:50

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s10856-015-5433-3

PubMed ID:

25644101

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.74049

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/74049

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