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. 2017 Feb 10;2(1):44–50. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2017.02.001

Table 1.

Drug release characteristics of prepared TNT/Ti implants loaded with ibuprofen (model drug) and modified with different layers of PLGA films (Three samples of each group).

Coating on drug loaded TNT Polymer thickness (μm) Drug release (%)
Drug totally released (number of days)
6 h 1 day 7 days
Pure NT 84.23 94.47 100.00 7 ± 1
1 layer 0.44 51.43 60.39 99.23 9 ± 2
3 layers 0.98 34.56 50.64 89.48 12 ± 2
5 layers 2.02 31.27 44.69 66.74 16 ± 1
8 layers 2.84 29.59 39.31 49.42 30 ± 2
10 layers 4.08 27.46 33.72 45.32 40 ± 2