Table 1. Description of specimens and summary of biomechanical, radiographic, and histological analyses.

Specimen	Coating	Animal	Level	CT fusion	MP fusion	Histology BIC (%)	Immediate postoperative local lordosis (°)	Postoperative local lordosis at 3 months (°)
1	Uncoated	Dog 1	C3/4	-	-	0	8.0	5.5
2	Uncoated	Dog 4	C5/6	-	-	0	2.4	4.3
3	Uncoated	Dog 5	C5/6	-	-	8	3.8	2.5
4	Uncoated	Dog 6	C3/4	-	-	8	8.2	7.1
5	Uncoated	Dog 7	C5/6	-	-	0	2.1	3.1
6	TiO2-coated	Dog 1	C5/6	-	-	0	15.1	15.7
7	TiO2-coated	Dog 2	C3/4	+	+	42	1.6	2.2
8	TiO2-coated	Dog 3	C3/4	-	-	23	1.7	0.2
9	TiO2-coated	Dog 6	C5/6	-	+	56	20.6	17.9
10	TiO2-coated	Dog 7	C3/4	+	+	43	3.4	5.1

CT: computed tomography; MP: manual palpation; BIC: bone implant contact.