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Review
. 2015:2015:791725.
doi: 10.1155/2015/791725. Epub 2015 Sep 7.

Surface Modifications and Their Effects on Titanium Dental Implants

A Jemat  1 , M J Ghazali  1 , M Razali  2 , Y Otsuka  3
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Review

Surface Modifications and Their Effects on Titanium Dental Implants

A Jemat et al. Biomed Res Int. 2015.

Abstract

This review covers several basic methodologies of surface treatment and their effects on titanium (Ti) implants. The importance of each treatment and its effects will be discussed in detail in order to compare their effectiveness in promoting osseointegration. Published literature for the last 18 years was selected with the use of keywords like titanium dental implant, surface roughness, coating, and osseointegration. Significant surface roughness played an important role in providing effective surface for bone implant contact, cell proliferation, and removal torque, despite having good mechanical properties. Overall, published studies indicated that an acid etched surface-modified and a coating application on commercial pure titanium implant was most preferable in producing the good surface roughness. Thus, a combination of a good surface roughness and mechanical properties of titanium could lead to successful dental implants.

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Figure 1
History of simulated body fluid (SBF).
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Figure 2
Typical morphologies of Ti alloy polished using SiC paper (a) 1200 grit, (b) 600 grit, and (c) 180 grit [42].
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Figure 3
Surface morphology by (a) plasma sprayed titanium (b) deep profile structure [9].
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Figure 4
Titanium implant with (a) a machined surface and (b) treated dual acid 48% HF + HCl/H2SO4 [51].
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Figure 5
The surface morphology of (a) sandblasted and treated Ti6Al4V alloy implants with DAE (HCl and H2SO4) [57] and (b) sandblasted and etched Ti implant with warm HCl [58].
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Figure 6
Surface treatments commonly used in titanium dental implants.
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