A critical review of dental implant materials with an emphasis on titanium versus zirconia

Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 932-958

  Osman, Reham B ^a,b   Swain, Michael V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Sydney Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Implant materials; Oral implants; Titanium; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); TITANIUM; ZIRCONIA;

DENTAL IMPLANT MATERIALS; IMPLANT MATERIALS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MATERIAL SCIENCE; MECHANICAL FAILURES; ORAL IMPLANTS; TITANIUM IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

DENTAL PROSTHESES;

EID: 84930507396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma8030932     Document Type: Review

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