Ann Wennerberg

TL;DR: Some indications exist that surface topography influences bone response at the nanometre level and the majority of published papers present an inadequate surface characterization.

TL;DR: Modately roughened surfaces seem to have some clinical advantages over smoother or rougher surfaces, but the differences are small and often not statistically significant.

TL;DR: It was noted that these novel implant surfaces all had particular nanoroughness structures that were not present in their respective predecessors; this finding was suggested as a possible common mechanism behind the demonstrated stronger bone responses to these implants compared to adequate controls.

TL;DR: Screw-shaped implants with 3 different surface topographies, evidenced visually as well as numerically with an optical profilometer, were inserted in rabbit bone and demonstrated a higher percentage of bone-to-metal contact for implants blasted with 25-microns particles of TiO2 compared with the as-machined implants.

TL;DR: The surface properties of anodic oxides formed on commercially pure (c.p.) titanium screw implants as well as to study 'native' oxides on turned c.p. titanium implants are investigated to elucidate the influence of the oxide properties on the biological reaction.