Sphere-plane methodology to evaluate the wear of titanium of dental implants: a research proposal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Titanium is the most commonly used material to manufacture dental implants and abutments. Recently, zirconia abutments have been manufactured with better aesthetic properties. However, zirconia abutments are harder than titanium implants; therefore, they could wear the implant surface. Therefore, this article aims to describe a sphere-plane system that can be used to assess the wear that different abutment materials cause in the titanium of dental implants when submitted to cyclic loading. This method can be used to simulate the oral cavity, where the abutment (sphere) applies loads onto the implant (titanium plane). The spheres were made of different materials (titanium and zirconia), and the specimens were loaded for 4,000,000 cycles. The scar size and area on titanium

SUBMITTER: Mendes TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6069542 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature