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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 96-B, Issue SUPP_11 | Pages 87 - 87
1 Jul 2014
Bianchi M Edreira EU Wolke J Birgani ZT Habibovi P Tampieri A Jansen J Marcacci M Leeuwenburg S van den Beucken J
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Summary Statement

Repetitive concavities threaded on the surface of bone implants have been already demonstrated to be effective on ectopic bone formation in vivo. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of concavity on the mineralization process in vitro.

Introduction

The role of implant surface geometry in bone formation has been extensively investigated. Ripamonti and co. investigated the possibility to induce bone formation by threading concavities on the surface of calcium phosphate implants, without the need for exogenous osteogenic soluble factors. The underlying hypothesis was that this geometry, by resembling the hemi-osteon trench observable during osteoclastogenesis, was able to activate the ripple-like cascade of bone tissue induction and morphogenesis. Despite several studies indicating a positive effect of concavities on bone induction, so far no attempts have rationalised this phenomenon by means of in vitro tests. Consequently, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of surface concavities on the mineralization of hydroxyapatite (HA) and beta-tricalciumphosphate (b-TCP) ceramics in vitro. Our hypothesis was that concavities could effectively guide the mineralization process in vitro.