Titanium surface alterations following the use of different mechanical instruments: A systematic review

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 643-658

  Louropoulou, Anna ^a   Slot, Dagmar E ^a   Van der Weijden, Fridus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Implant surface; Mechanical means; Profilometry; SEM; Surface alterations; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERIIMPLANTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH IMPLANT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERI-IMPLANTITIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84860250073     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02208.x     Document Type: Article

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