Figure 18
Scanning electron microscopy images of osteocytes attached to the surface of titanium implants after 28 days of cultivation. Legend: Osteocytes are indicated by arrows. A. noninfiltrated control Ti (magnification ×300); B. Ti infiltrated with hydroxyapatite (Ti HA) (magnification ×500); B1- image of an osteoblast with 2000× magnification; C. Ti infiltrated with silicatitanate (TiSiO2) (magnification ×1200); C1- image of an osteocyte with ×2500 magnification.