Molecular structure at the bone-implant interface: a vibrational spectroscopic characterization.

Walters, M A; Blumenthal, N C; Leung, Y; Wang, Y; Ricci, J L; Spivak, J M · Calcif Tissue Int · 1991

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Test implant plates surgically retrieved from distal femurs of dogs were studied by Raman spectroscopy in order to characterize the bone-implant interface. The implant surface consisted of phosphate mineral, plasma sprayed on a titanium substrate. On the basis of its spectroscopic signature, the phosphate mineral of bone and the implant surface formed a mixed phase in the interface.

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