Bone-Forming Capabilities of a Newly Developed NanoHA Composite Alloplast Infused with Collagen: A Pilot Study in the Sheep Mandible

Figure 1

While the macrogeometric structure of both bone blocks were similar. At low magnification, scanning electron micrographs of the difference in HA particle size was easily depicted between (a) control and (b) experimental blocks. Field-emission scanning electron micrographs of the experimental group depicted the (c) nanoHA particles within the biopolymeric matrix (arrowheads) and that (d) collagen infusion took place at the nanometer scale (arrows).