%0 Journal Article
%A Junker, R.
%A Manders, P. J.D.
%A Wolke, J.
%A Borisov, Y.
%A Braceras, I.
%A Jansen, J. A.
%T Loaded microplasma-sprayed CaP-coated implants in vivo
%D 2010
%@ 0022-0345
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3962
%X Microplasma spray equipment to deposit calcium phosphate ceramic (CaP) coatings has been developed. Fifty-six titanium implants were inserted into the mandibles of 7 adult beagle dogs. The implants were either acid-etched (NC), conventionally plasma-sprayed (PS), micro-plasma-sprayed (MPS), or micro-plasma-sprayed (aMPS) only at the apical part. After 6 weeks, implants in one half of the mandible were subjected to load. Fifty-two weeks thereafter, the animals were killed. Regardless of load, bone healing was comparable for all surfaces tested. It was concluded that loading of MPS CaP-coated implants evokes a favorable bone response, and that the bone response does not differ from that of PS CaPcoated implants. However, functional loading of PS as well as MPS CaP-coated implants might be associated with increased crestal bone maintenance as compared with non-coated implants.
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