Novel Implant Coating Agent Promotes Gene Expression of Osteogenic Markers in Rats during Early Osseointegration

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Surface topography parameter</td><td align="center">Control</td><td align="center">Test</td><td align="center"><i>P</i>-value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sa (<i>μ</i>m)</td><td align="center">0.284 (0.054)</td><td align="center">0.280 (0.066)</td><td align="center">0.261</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sds (<i>μ</i>m<sup>−2</sup>)</td><td align="center">247493.49 (63993.65)<br/></td><td align="center">291112.17 (105683.8)<br/></td><td align="center">0.009*</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sdr (%)</td><td align="center">14.38 (6.52)</td><td align="center">20.16 (7.90)</td><td align="center">0.446</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Mean values (SD) for surface topography parameters for control and test implant, and <i>P</i>-values for pair-wise comparisons. Asterisk denotes statistically significant difference (<i>P</i> &lt; 0.05).

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Table 2: Novel Implant Coating Agent Promotes Gene Expression of Osteogenic Markers in Rats during Early Osseointegration 