External Mechanical Microstimuli Modulate the Osseointegration of Titanium Implants in Rat Tibiae

Table 2

Effect of 4 weeks mechanical loading on parameters of bone microarchitecture analyzed in a region of 50 lines selected near the implant test in rat tibiae.

	NS	1 N	2 N	3 N
BV/TV%	14.6 ± 2.2	20.1 ± 2.2^#	16.9 ± 2.1	13.8 ± 2.2
Tb.N (1/mm)	3.74 ± 0.27	4.26 ± 0.29	4.03 ± 0.23	3.67 ± 0.14
Tb.Th (mm)	0.074 ± 0.002	0.080 ± 0.003	0.074 ± 0.003	0.071 ± 0.004
Tb.Sp (mm^3)	0.28 ± 0.03	0.24 ± 0.02	0.25 ± 0.02	0.28 ± 0.01
SMI	2.7 ± 0.15	2.3 ± 0.15	2.5 ± 0.14	2.7 ± 0.18
Ct.Th (mm)	0.44 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.01	0.43 ± 0.01	0.46±0.01^∗

Mean ± SEM.
^#𝑃<0.05 versus 3 N; ^∗𝑃<0.05 versus 1 N.