Research Article

Quantification of Osseointegration of Plasma-Polymer Coated Titanium Alloyed Implants by means of Microcomputed Tomography versus Histomorphometry

Table 2

Bone-to-implant contact (mean ± standard deviation) evaluated by means of histomorphometry and μCT.

Surface treatmentBIC ± SD (%) HistomorphometryBIC ± SD (%) μCT

Uncoated532.4 ± 27.951.3 ± 11.6
PPEDA653.5 ± 19.262.0 ± 9.6
PPAAm445.7 ± 22.951.8 ± 13.3
Overall1544.4 ± 23.555.7 ± 11.7