The evaluation of the interface between bone and a bioceramic dental implant.
Methods for evaluating the interface between bone and an experimental dental implant have been analyzed. The material studied was a titanium implant coated with a mixture of alumina and titanium dioxide by means of a plasma-jet system with the dog as the animal model. The evaluations were made on two levels: (1) in vivo, by analyzing radiographs of the peri-implant zone with a video display computer (2) in vitro, after explantation, by analyzing vertical and horizontal sections of the sample with an optical and a scanning electron microscope, and by a video display computer analysis of the microradiographs of these sections.
Gatti
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AM
School of Dentistry, University of Modena, Italy.
Zaffe
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D
Poli
G P
GP
Galetti
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R
D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D000818:Animals; D002516:Ceramics; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D004285:Dogs; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium
C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide