FIGURE 6.

3D-printed bio-ceramic scaffold combined with Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 for vertical bone formation. (A): pristine 3D-printed bio-ceramic scaffold and (B): BMP-2 loaded scaffold at 8 weeks post-implantation, (C): pristine 3D-printed bio-ceramic scaffold and (D): BMP-2 loaded scaffold at 16 weeks post-implantation demonstrating higher bone formation in the BMP-2 loaded scaffold along with advanced degradation of the bio-ceramic scaffold (in black) at the 16 weeks timepoint. Reproduced with permission from (Moussa et al., 2015).