Figure 9. Histological staining for osteogenesis within porous titanium after implantation for 4, 8 and 12 weeks.

The images showed that the rapid increase of bone ingrowth into the pores of titanium throughout the experiment and close contact between bone tissue and EBM implants at 12 weeks post-surgery, while there were no obvious differences between the uncoated and coated samples at each timepoint. TiI, pure porous titanium implant; TiC, porous titanium implant with biomimetic coating.