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Objective:To study the attachment and collagen deposition of human gingival firbroblasts (HGFs) on titanium surface with different topography.Methods:Titanium surfaces created by machining(group M),electrolytic etching(group ECE) and electrolytic etching and acid etching(group ECA) were observed by SEM.HGFs cultured on the titanium surfaces were observed by laser scanning confocal microscope.Attachment of the cells was examined by comparing the numbers of attached to detached cells,respectively.Collagen production and deposition were examined via a Sirius red-based stain assay and confocal laser scaning microscopy.Results:The surface rouphness (μm) of group M,ECE and ECA was 0.867 5 ± 0.136 8,1.749 8 ± 0.355 1 and 1.671 4 ± 0.297 0 (P＜ 0.05) respectively,Cell attachment was significantly weaker on machined surface than on ECE and ECA surfaces,while which was weaker on ECE surface than on ECA surface.Collagen production was the highest on the machined surface,followed by that on ECE and ECA surface,Collagen deposition displayed a parallel pattern on the machined surface,while it was multidirectional on the ECE and ECA surfaces.Conclusion:The ECA surface of titanium may be beneficial to HGFs attachment,the machined surface may promote collagen deposition.
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Objective:To compare the effect of three different titanium alloy surface topographies on the biological character fibro-blasts.Methods:Three different titanium alloy Ti6Al4V surface topographies were created by machining(M),direct current electro-chemical etching(DC)and alternating current electrochemical etching(AC)respectively,and standard sized samples were prepared. The surface topographies were observed field emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM).Mouse L929 fibroblasts were cultured on different surfaces.The attachment of cells was examined by acridine orange staining and observed under fluorescent microscope.The proliferation of cells was measured using MTT assay.Results:Tubles with the diamete of 5 -20 μm were observed on the surface of the sample of group DC,and more evenly distributed tubles on that of group AC.Micro-sulci were observed and no microtuble was found on the sample surface of group M.L929 cells were attached on the surface of all the samples in the 3 groups.More adhered and better strached cells were observed on AC treated surface.The proliferation of fibroblasts on AC and DC surfaces was superior to that on M treated surface and at the 3 -5 day the proliferation of fibroblasts on the AC surface was higher than that on DC treated surface.Con-clusion:AC treated surface with the micro-submicro-nano hierarchical topography of titanium alloy has a superior biocompatibility and can promote the early attachment and proliferation of the fibroblasts.