Figure 8.

Validation of the relative quantity of biochemical bond strength. Difference between interfacial bond strengths, ΔBS=BS_t–BS_c, always shows a positive value with statistically high significance (p=0.005). The relative quantity of the biochemical bond strength, ΔCB_t–c≈(BS_t–BS_c), shows a mean value of 0.04 MPa. BS_t and BS_c are the bond strengths of the test (circles, MgPIII) and control (squares, OPIII) implants, respectively. The individual values of ΔCB_t–c, BS_t and BS_c are shown in table 2 in the electronic supplementary material.