title: [Surface treatments for dental titanium castings].
abstract: Because pure titanium is highly reactive at high temperature, its casting surface is easily coated with a thick contaminated layer that affects its physical and chemical properties, and consequently a stable superficial oxide membrane develops in the presence of air or water even at room temperature, which makes the surface discolored. Therefore, surface treatments for pure titanium castings are more important than those for other dental alloy castings. This article reviews the methods of surface treatments for dental titanium castings in four aspects: physical finishing, chemical finishing, electro-chemical finishing and surface modification technology.
authors.affiliation: Stamotological College, Fourth Military Medical University, Xin'an 710032.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D003734:Dental Casting Investment / Q000737:chemistry*; D003735:Dental Casting Technique; D004572:Electrolysis; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003734:Dental Casting Investment; D014025:Titanium