Titanium particles generated from orthopedic and dental implants are suspected to play an important role in peri-implant osteolysis. Elucidation of the mechanisms involved in the effects of titanium particles on osteolysis may provide methods for preventing osteolysis. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the effect of titanium particles on osteoclast activity in vitro. We evaluated...

Indentation creep behaviour of iron aluminide intermetallic (Fe–28Al–3Cr) was studied in the temperature range of 843–963 K. The hardness and the plasticity parameter were also calculated from room temperature to 1273 K. The variation of hardness with time showed that the stress exponent ðnÞ was weakly dependent on temperature. Thermal activation parameter-activation area and energy were also c...

Based on our previous finding that a chromatography with titanium beads selectively binds phosphoproteins, including caseins, phosvitin and dentin phosphoproteins, we investigated whether bone phosphoproteins also bind to titanium. Bovine bone matrix proteins were extracted with 2 M urea/PBS after demineralization. The 2 M urea extract was directly applied to the titanium chromatography column ...

The aim of this study was to examine the influence of collagen coating on titanium on the initial attachment of human gingival fibroblasts for the development of the implant with periimplant soft tissue attachment. The morphological changes of cultured human gingival fibroblasts were investigated by scanning electron microcopy (SEM). Four different surfaces, i.e. non-coated mirror-polished tita...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate whether photofunctionalization of titanium mesh enhances its osteoconductive capability. MATERIALS AND METHODS The titanium mesh (0.2 mm thickness) used in this study was made of commercially pure grade-2 titanium and had hexagonal apertures (2 mm width). Photofunctionalization was performed by treating titanium mesh with UV light for 12 minutes u...

Pd+Zr and Pd+Hf co-doped aluminide coatings were deposited on the Mar-M247 nickel superalloy by palladium electroplating followed zirconizing-aluminizing or hafnizing-aluminizing processes. Both consisted of two zones, outer interdiffusion one build ?-(Ni,Pd)Al phase. Hafnium zirconium formed inclusions that precipitated at border zones close to surface (only in Zr+Pd modified coating). Oxidati...