The study of dental implant surfaces is relevant in order to better understand the interaction of the titanium surface and the surrounding tissues. Clinical success is achieved not only because of implant material but also because of other properties as implant design, surface treatment and quality. In this work, we report a detailed surface investigation of three major Brazilian made implants ...

Background: Dental implants have been widely used for the replacement of missing teeth in fully and partially edentulous patients. Titanium (Ti) has material choice dental due to its superior corrosion resistance behaviour desirable mechanical properties. Hence; present study was undertaken assessing serum metal ion levels Implant Patients. Materials & methods: A total 20 subjects with mand...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the healing potential and reosseointegration in ligature-induced peri-implantitis defects adjacent to various dental implant surfaces following lethal photosensitization. METHODS A total of 36 dental implants with 4 different surface coatings (9 commercially pure titanium surface [CPTi]; 9 titanium plasma-sprayed [TPS]; 9 hydroxyapati...

Dental implants can be accidentally introduced into the maxillary sinus both during and after surgical installation. Both situations are uncommon and usually induce sinusitis or others important complications.1 The aim of the present study was to report a rare clinical case of late displacement of a dental implant into the maxillary sinus, in which a Caldwell-Luc (CL) approach was performed, fo...

Commercially pure titanium for bone-anchored dental implants, submitted to a sand-blasting and acid-etching (SLA) surface treatment, has been mechanically tested and analyzed by SEM and TEM observations. A face-centered cubic titanium hydride layer grows on the polycrystalline titanium substrate with various epitaxial relationships, whose grains show also epitaxial relationships with each other...

*Correspondence: Tae-Il Kim (Editor-in-Chief) Department of Periodontology, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-749, Korea E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +82-2-2072-2642 Fax: +82-2-744-1349 On December 20th of this year, we lost one of the greatest innovators in dental science. Although Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark was not a dentist but an orthopedic s...

Although dental implants continue to provide consistent and predictable treatment options for most patients, some people with uncontrolled systemic disease may be denied implant treatment. Diabetes is one such disease. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, and amputations of the lower extremities. These compli...

The titanium and its alloys are used as orthopedic dental implants due to their mechanical and bio-inert properties. The bare metal implants are not the ultimate answer for better osteogenesis and implant integration. Physical and chemical modifications are carried out to achieve the goal of improved adhesion and differentiation of the osteoblast. In this work, the silk fibroins from both mulbe...

BACKGROUND Titanium surfaces play an important role in affecting osseointegration of dental implants. Previous studies have shown that the titania nanotube promotes osseointegration by enhancing osteogenic differentiation. Only relatively recently have the effects of titanium surfaces with other nanostructures on osteogenic differentiation been investigated. METHODS In this study, we used NaO...

OBJECTIVE Artifacts caused by metallic objects, such as dental crowns, dental implants and metallic orthodontic appliances, are a common problem in head and neck MRI. The aim of this retrospective study was to identify the main metal dental objects that produce artifacts on brain MRIs. STUDY DESIGN Imaged metallic artifacts and their sources were identified. Artifact image plane was rated on ...