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PLGA film/Titanium nanotubues as a sustained growth factor releasing system for dental implants
Ti-based implants sometimes fail to integrate with surrounding bone tissue due to insufficiency of new bone formation and surface bonding. To overcome this problem, this research focused on establishing a sust...
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Separation of water from a microliter oil/water mixed drop using Lamb waves on an inclined glass plate
In this work, we have developed a simple fast approach to separate water from a microliter-scaled oil/water mixture by using a Lamb wave device. We demonstrate and explain its separation as an asymmetric Lamb ...
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Reciprocal interaction between dental alloy biocorrosion and Streptococcus mutans virulent gene expression
Corrosion of dental alloys is a major concern in dental restorations. Streptococcus mutans reduces the pH in oral cavity and induces demineralization of the enamel as well as corrosion of restorative dental mate...
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Increased preosteoblast adhesion and osteogenic gene expression on TiO2 nanotubes modified with KRSR
TiO2 anodized nanotubelayers are potentially useful for orthopedic and dental implants because they promotes bone formation. Peptide sequences, such as lysine-arginine-serine-arginine (KRSR), are often used to mo...
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The healing of critical-size calvarial bone defects in rat with rhPDGF-BB, BMSCs, and β-TCP scaffolds
Platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) plays important roles in regenerating damaged tissue. In this study we investigated the effects of a tissue-engineered bone combined with recombinant human PDGF-BB (...
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Analysis of the cytotoxicity of differentially sized titanium dioxide nanoparticles in murine MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts
There is an increased use of nanophase titanium dioxide (TiO2) in bone implants and scaffolds. However, nano-debris is generated at the bone-biomaterial interface. Therefore, TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) of many size...
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BMP-2 Gene Modified Canine bMSCs Promote Ectopic Bone Formation Mediated by a Nonviral PEI Derivative
The study was to explore the effects of BMP-2 gene modified canine bone marrow stromal cells (bMSCs) mediated by a nonviral PEI derivative (GenEscort™ II) in promoting bone formation in vitro and in vivo. Canine ...