Table 1. Silver Ion Concentration Profiles for Constant Silver Concentrations and the Simulated Silver Concentrations Simulating the Release of the Silver-Coated Scaffoldsa.
| silver concentration (ppm) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| time (days) | base medium | control | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | TLSN10s | TLSN15s | TLSN25s |
| 0 | CM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 2 | CM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| 4 | CM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 6 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 8 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 10 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 12 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| 14 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 16 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 18 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 20 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 22 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 24 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 26 | OIM | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
CM: complete media, OIM: osteoinductive media.