title: [Implants with plasma spray coatings of hydroxyapatite: an experimental study in alveolar bone].
abstract: Sintered hydroxyapatite ceramic can be coated to a titanium core by means of a high temperature plasma spray procedure. The biological response of alveolar bone to an implant with such a coating of hydroxyapatite was evaluated in an animal experimental study. The results indicated that the plasma spray coating gave a very strong and direct bonding to cortical alveolar bone. The shear strength between bone and ceramic was greater than the shear strength between ceramic and titanium. From a radiological, macroscopic and microscopic point of view the conclusion could be drawn that the biological properties of a plasma spray coating of hydroxyapatite are the same as the properties of bulk hydroxyapatite ceramic. The outermost layer of the hydroxyapatite coating appeared to be unstable under the experimental conditions.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Denissen
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: de Nieuport
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Maltha
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kalk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van den Hooff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000295:instrumentation; D015921:Dental Implants; D004285:Dogs; D017886:Durapatite; D006882:Hydroxyapatites
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite
vernacular_title: Implantaten met plasmaspray-coatings van hydroxylapatiet: Eerste experimentele ervaringen in alveolair bot.