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SUBMITTER: Trindade R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6616385 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Trindade Ricardo R Albrektsson Tomas T Galli Silvia S Prgomet Zdenka Z Tengvall Pentti P Wennerberg Ann A
Journal of clinical medicine 20190607 6
Osseointegration is likely the result of an immunologically driven bone reaction to materials such as titanium. Osseointegration has resulted in the clinical possibility to anchor oral implants in jaw bone tissue. However, the mechanisms behind bony anchorage are not fully understood and complications over a longer period of time have been reported. The current study aims at exploring possible differences between copper (Cu) and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) materials that do not osseointegrate, w ...[more]