Properties of titanium dental implant models made by laser processing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 857-863

  Laoui, T ^a   Santos, E ^b   Osakada, K ^b   Shiomi, M ^b   Morita, M ^b   Shaik, S K ^a   Tolochko, N K ^c   Abe, F ^d   Takahashi, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL ACOUSTICS   (Belarus)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental implant; Graded porous structure; Laser melting; Laser sintering; Nitriding; Rapid manufacturing; Titanium

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DENTAL PROSTHESES; HARDNESS; MELTING; NITRIDING; SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; TORSIONAL STRESS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

COMPRESSIVE FORCE; GRADED POROUS STRUCTURE; LASER MELTING; LASER SINTERING; TORSIONAL FATIGUE STRENGTH;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DENTAL PROSTHESES; HARDNESS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MELTING; NITRIDING; SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; TORSIONAL STRESS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33748299517     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES133     Document Type: Article

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