Figure 5.

(A) MicroCT analysis of skull bones implanted with nanofibres at two months after surgery [70]. (B) Schematic drawing of the implant and its insertion site and histological sections of the implants stained with methylene blue and basic fuchsin 12 weeks after implantation [73]. (C) MicroCT images of the pTi and HA/PDA-pTi implants at 12 weeks and the yellow colour component was newly formed bone in these scaffolds [7]. Reprinted with permission from ref. [70], 2016, ref. [7] and ref. [72], 2014, ACS Publishing Group. CT = computed tomography; BMP = bone morphogenic protein; CB = cortical bone; NB = new bone; OC = osteocytes; PDA = polydopamine; S = sample.