In vivo application of foam titanium implants with magnesium-doped octacalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite thin films deposited by PLD method

Results of investigations into integration of foam titanium implants (FTI), with rabbit bone are presented. Three groups of implants were examined: clean titanium implants produced by selective laser melting, FTI coated with a thin film of octacalcium phosphate (OCP), doped with 0.6 weight percent of Mg, deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and FTI with hydroxyapatite (HA) doped with 0.6 wt.% of Mg. Analysis of histopathology of implants' integration with bone were performed by staining using the triple chromatographic method of Masson - Goldner, pla- nimetric analysis using the Kruskal - Wallis test, an ANOVA test and microtomography. The best results were obtained for implants coated with HA, followed by those coated with OCP. Implants from these two groups showed superior integration with bone than uncoated titanium implants