Multimodal characterization of the bone-implant interface using Raman spectroscopy and nanoindentation

Manon Fraulob, Siyuan Pang, Sophie Le Cann, Romain Vayron, Mathilde Laurent-Brocq, Soorya Todatry, Julio A N T Soares, Iwona Jasiuk, Guillaume Haïat

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Abstract

Titanium implants are widely used in dental and orthopedic surgeries. Osseointegration phenomena lead to direct contact between bone tissue and the implant surface. The quality of the bone-implant interface (BII), resulting from the properties of newly formed bone, determines the implant stability. This study investigates the BII properties using a dedicated in vivo implant model consisting of a coin-shaped Ti-6Al-4V implant inserted in a rabbit femur for 10 weeks. A gap created below the implant was filled with newly formed bone tissue after healing. The properties of mature and newly formed bone tissues were compared using: i) Raman spectroscopy to assess the nanoscale compositional bone properties and ii) nanoindentation to quantify microscale elastic properties in site-matched regions. The mineral-to-matrix ratio, crystallinity (mineral size and lattice order), and the collagen cross-link ratio were significantly lower in newly formed bone tissue (e.g., a mineral-to-matrix ratio of 9.3 ± 0.5 for proline 853 cm-1) compared to mature bone (15.6 ± 1). Nanoindentation measurements gave Young's modulus of 12.8 ± 1.8 GPa for newly formed bone and 15.7 ± 2.3 GPa for mature bone. This multimodal and multiscale approach leads to a better understanding of osseointegration phenomena.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)60-67
Number of pages8
JournalMedical Engineering and Physics
Volume84
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2020

Keywords

  • Bone tissue
  • Osseointegration
  • Nanoindentation
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • Implant

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biomedical Engineering

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