| PDMS | Poly(dimethylsiloxane) |
| Ti | Titanium |
| HAp | Hydroxyapatite |
| Ag:HAp | Silver doped hydroxyapatite |
| Zn:HAp | Zinc doped hydroxyapatite |
| HAp-PDMS | Hydroxyapatite on a Titanium substrate previously coated with polydimethylsiloxane |
| Ag:HAp-PDMS | Silver doped hydroxyapatite on a Titanium substrate previously coated with polydimethylsiloxane |
| Zn:HAp-PDMS | Zinc doped hydroxyapatite on a Titanium substrate previously coated with polydimethylsiloxane |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| GDOES | Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| GD | Glow Discharge |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| YPG | Yeast peptone glucose medium |
| CLSM | Confocal laser scanning microcopy |
| R | Surface roughness |
| IR | Infrared |