Review Article

Histological, Histomorphometrical, and Biomechanical Studies of Bone-Implanted Medical Devices: Hard Resin Embedding

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Hydroxyapatite-coated titanium implant in a rabbit femoral condyle. (a) Toluidine Blue and Fast Green stain: in black, the material; in green, the bone. Magnification 10x. (b) Stevenel’s blue and picrofuchsin stain: in black, the material; in fuchsia, the bone; in blue, the cells. Magnification 40x. M: material; NB: new bone; Pr.B: preexisting bone; Ob: osteoblasts.
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