2015
Volume 15, Number 4, pp. 200–203
Stimulation of calcium phosphate crystal formation by implant surfaces with electret properties
V.V. Starikov,1 S.L. Starikova,2 A.G. Mamalis3 and S.N. Lavrynenko1
1National Technical University “Kh.P.I.”, Kharkov, Ukraine
2Kharkov Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kharkov, Ukraine 3Project Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Engineering, NCSR “Demokritos”, Athens, GreeceOxide coatings with electret properties are investigated. The possibility of stimulation of the formation of calcium phosphate sediments near the electroactive surface is discussed. The exposure of implants with such coatings to solutions imitating blood plasma showed their high efficiency of biointegration due to activation of an exchange processes in living tissues by a negative superficial charge. The revealed effect amplifies with the growth of the thickness of the anodic oxide film.
Keywords: anodic oxide, coating, electret, electrostimulation, implant, osseointegration, titanium