Three-dimensional biofabrication of an aragonite-enriched self-hardening bone graft substitute and assessment of its osteogenicity in vitro and in vivo
Yunsong Shi, Ruijun He, Xiangyu Deng, Zengwu Shao, Davide Deganello, Chunze Yan, Zhidao Xia
Table 1 The effect of bioplotting parameters on hydroxyapatite/aragonite end products
Sample No. Factor Compression (MPa) Porosity (%)
(A) Pressure (MPa) (B) Printing speed (mm/s) (C) Distance between strands (mm)
1 0.6 25 1 2.49 ± 0.14 37.0 ± 1.4
2 0.6 27 1.1 2.43 ± 0.23 37.5 ± 1.5
3 0.6 30 1.2 1.11 ± 0.07 42.8 ± 1.8
4 0.7 25 1.1 1.13 ± 0.11 41.1 ± 1.1
5 0.7 27 1.2 1.34 ± 0.09 30.2 ± 1.5
6 0.7 30 1 1.58 ± 0.13 40.7 ± 1.3
7 0.8 25 1.2 1.03 ± 0.08 41.8 ± 1.1
8 0.8 27 1 0.56 ± 0.05 40.2 ± 1.2
9 0.8 30 1.1 0.75 ± 0.07 35.5 ± 1.6