| AFM | atomic force microscope/microscopy |
| BCA | bicinchoninic acid |
| C3 | complement component 3 |
| CAD/CAM | computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing |
| DEFA1 | defensin, alpha 1 |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| LC-MS/MS | liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry |
| LTF | lactotransferrin |
| Rave | average roughness |
| Rrms | root mean square roughness |
| RIPA | radio-immunoprecipitation assay |
| rpm | revolutions/min |
| S100A9 | S100 calcium-binding protein A9 |
| Ti | Titanium |
| TLR | toll-like receptor |
| vOGT | Good–van Oss theory |