The aim of the histological study that was carried by Antonio Scaramo and et al. was to evaluate the number of the blood vessels inside the concavities and around the convexities of the threads of implants in a rabbit tibia model.
A total of 32 thread-shaped implants blasted with apatitic calcium phosphate (TCP/HA blend) (Resorbable Blast Texturing, RBT) (Maestro, BioHorizons®, Birmingham, AL, USA) were inserted in 8 rabbits. Each rabbit received 4 implants, 2 in the right and 2 in left tibia.
Implants were retrieved after 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks and treated to obtain thin ground sections.
Statistically significant differences were found in the number of vessels that had formed in the concavities rather than the convexities of the implants after 1 (p = 0.000), and 2 weeks (p = 0.000), whilst no significant differences after 4 (p = 0.546) and 8 weeks (p = 0.275) were detected.
The present results supported the hypothesis that blood vessel formation was stimulated by the presence of the concavities, which may provide a suitable environment.
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