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

Table 3

Effect of 4 weeks of mechanical loading on parameters of bone microarchitecture analyzed in a region of 100 lines selected between the test and the anchorage implants in rat tibiae.

	NS	1 N	2 N	3 N
BV/TV%	8.3 ± 1.4	11.5 ± 1.2^#	8.2 ± 1.3	6.1 ± 1.1
Tb.N (1/mm)	2.77 ± 0.22	3.20 ± 0.22^#	2.58 ± 0.29	2.19 ± 0.17
Tb.Th (mm)	0.071 ± 0.002	0.071 ± 0.002	0.071 ± 0.002	0.071 ± 0.005
Tb.Sp (mm^3)	0.38 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.03	0.47 ± 0.12	0.48 ± 0.03
SMI	2.99 ± 0.10	2.78 ± 0.10	3.00 ± 0.15	3.19 ± 0.14°
Ct.Th (mm)	0.49 ± 0.02	0.48 ± 0.02	0.48 ± 0.03	0.51 ± 0.02

Mean ± SEM.
^#𝑃<0.01 versus 3 N; ^∘𝑃<0.05 versus 1 N.