Electrochemical coating of dental implants with anodic porous titania for enhanced osteointegration.

ABSTRACT: Clinical long-term osteointegration of titanium-based biomedical devices is the main goal for both dental and orthopedical implants. Both the surface morphology and the possible functionalization of the implant surface are important points. In the last decade, following the success of nanostructured anodic porous alumina, anodic porous titania has also attracted the interest of academic researchers. This material, investigated mainly for its photocatalytic properties and for applications in solar cells, is usually obtained from the anodization of ultrapure titanium. We anodized dental implants made of commercial grade titanium under different experimental conditions and characterized the resulting surface morphology with scanning electron microscopy equipped with an energy dispersive spect

SUBMITTER: Shayganpour A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4660911 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature