Implant surface topographies analyzed using fractal dimension

Implant Dentistry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-138

  Iezzi, G ^a   Aprile, G ^a   Tripodi, D ^a   Scarano, A ^a   Piattelli, A ^a   Perrotti, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

dental implants; fractal dimension; implant topography; roughness; scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMATERIAL; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; NITRIC ACID; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; DENTAL ETCHING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PLASMA GAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DENTAL ETCHING; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL MATERIALS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRIC ACID; PLASMA GASES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 79955116986     PISSN: 10566163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ID.0b013e31820fb171     Document Type: Article

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