Titanium Wire as a Dental Clasp (2nd Report)

[Fundamental studies on superelastic Ni-Ti alloy for wire clasp].

In order to apply Ni-Ti superelastic alloy to wire clasp in dentistry, the bending characteristics and the shape memory treatment of the wire were investigated. The wire cooled in iced water was more easily bent than that stored at room temperature . In both conditions, however, most of the wire specimens were broken by bending before the radius of curvature became less than three times the dia...

Binary titanium alloys as dental implant materials—a review

Titanium (Ti) has been used for long in dentistry and medicine for implant purpose. During the years, not only the commercially pure Ti but also some alloys such as binary and tertiary Ti alloys were used. The aim of this review is to describe and compare the current literature on binary Ti alloys, including Ti-Zr, Ti-In, Ti-Ag, Ti-Cu, Ti-Au, Ti-Pd, Ti-Nb, Ti-Mn, Ti-Mo, Ti-Cr, Ti-Co, Ti-Sn, Ti-...

DENTAL CASTiNG OF TITANIUM

and porcelain-fused-to-metal restorations instead of gold or silver alloys. This tendency seems to be the same a]1 over the world, However, the expanded use of nickel-containing base metal alloys in dentistry has raised questions concerning their biological s fety, namely, carcinogenic and sensitivity risks.i) On the other hand, since pure titanium or titanium-based alloys have excellent biocom...

Titanium dental implant surfaces

Osseointegration has been defined as “a direct structural and functional connection between ordered, living bone and the surface of a load-carrying implant”. However, titanium and its alloys cannot directly bond to living bone after being implanted into the body. The osseointegration of titanium dental implants is critically dependent on the implant surface properties. Various surface modificat...

2nd Year Dphil Report