title: Enhanced wear resistance of ball-and-socket joints of dental implants by means of titanium gaseous nitriding.
abstract: The aim of this research is the surface hardening of the ball-and-socket joint of dental implants by means of heat treatments in order to obtain titanium nitrides. These nitrides minimize the wear of the titanium used in prosthesis. In this paper the optimum heat treatment, the hardness and the wear resistance are described in relation to the ball-and-socket joint without heat treatment.
authors.affiliation: CREB Material Science and Metal Engineering Dept, ETSEIB, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona. gil@cmem.upc.es
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Canedo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padrós
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sada
mesh_terms: D015921:Dental Implants; D019554:Dental Restoration Wear; D005740:Gases; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008422:Materials Testing; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants; D005740:Gases; D014025:Titanium