Can changes in implant macrogeometry accelerate the osseointegration process?: An in vivo experimental biomechanical and histological evaluations

• Sergio Alexandre Gehrke ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sergio.gehrke@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Research, Biotecnos, Montevideo, Uruguay, Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5863-9101

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• Jaime Aramburú Júnior,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Research, Biotecnos, Montevideo, Uruguay

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• Leticia Pérez-Díaz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Interacciones Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

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• Tales Dias do Prado,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Veterinary, University of Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Goiás, Brazil

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• Berenice Anina Dedavid,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Materials Engineering, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3995-4747

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• Patricia Mazon,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departamento de Materiales, Óptica y Tecnologia Electrónica, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, (Alicante), Spain

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• Piedad N. De Aza

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto de Bioingenieria, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, (Alicante), Spain

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