Research Article

Enhanced Hydrophilicity and Protein Adsorption of Titanium Surface by Sodium Bicarbonate Solution

Table 5

Relative elemental contributions to the C1s signal for untreated, NaHCO3-treated, and rinsed SLA Ti specimens.

ModificationC-CCOCO2  & CO3

Untreated75.4 ± 5.3%16.4 ± 4.6%9.1 ± 1.5%
NaHCO3-treated42.5 ± 10.5%9.5 ± 1.0%48.0 ± 10.8%
Rinsed77.5 ± 1.9%16.7 ± 0.7%5.9 ± 1.9%