Clinical applications of titanium dental implants coated with glass-reinforced hydroxyapatite composite (Bonelike (R))

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

J. Lobato (Author) Other; Nandyala Sooraj Hussain (Author) FEUP; Maria Ascensão Lopes (Author) FEUP; A. Maurício (Author) Other; Américo Afonso (Author) FMDUP; N. Ali (Author) Other; José Domingos da Silva Santos (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Nanomanufacturing

Vol. 2 No. 1/2

Pages: 135-148

ISSN: 1746-9392

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

Indexing

Scopus - 4 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Medical engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Biomaterial engineering ; Technological sciences > Engineering > Biomedical enginnering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00T-AST

DOI: 10.1504/IJNM.2008.017845

Abstract (EN): Commercially pure titanium dental implants were coated with glass-reinforced hydroxyapatite composites (Bonelike?) using the plasma spraying technique. A total of 27 Bonelike? coated 3.75 mm diameter and 10 mm length implants were placed in the maxilla (18) and mandible (9) of seven patients. Pre and post-operative radiological examination was performed by orthopantomogram according to the standard follow-up protocols. After a 3-month healing period, one patient's implant from the mandible was surgically removed due to bad positioning and was then assessed by light and scanning electron microscopy for histological analysis. The reported Bonelike? coated dental implants proved to be highly bioactive with extensive new bone formation and attachment.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific