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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 25-34Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cre2.100
Keywords
air powder abrasive; titanium surface; implant cleaning; calcium phosphate; peri-implantitis; dental implant cleaning
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- Department of Oral Implantology, Academical Center of Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam University, The Netherlands
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The aim of this study is to test the cleaning effect and surface modification of a new implant surface treatment on explanted dental implants and titanium discs. It is a modified air powder abrasive (APA) treatment applied using osteoconductive powders. Twenty-eight in vitro Ca-precipitated organic film-coated titanium discs and 13 explanted dental implants were treated. In a 2-step approach, 3 powders were used: hydroxylapatite (HA) and biomimetic calcium phosphate (BioCaP), which are osteoconductive, and erythritol, which is not. APA treatment was applied. (Air pressure: 2.4 bar; water flow for cleaning: 41.5 ml/min, for Coating 1: 2.1 ml/min, and for Coating 2: 15.2 ml/min.) The test groups were as follows: Group 1: HA cleaning+BioCaP Coating 1; Group 2: HA cleaning+BioCaP Coating 2; Group 3: erythritol cleaning+BioCaP Coating 1; Group 4: erythritol cleaning+BioCaP Coating 2; Group 5: HA cleaning; Group 6: erythritol cleaning; and control: no powder. Cleaned areas were calculated by point counting method. Surface changes and chemical content were evaluated using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Cleaning effect between groups was compared by a pairwise Student's t test. The significance level was fixed at p < .05. Cleaning effect on the discs was 100% in all test groups and 5% in the control. Powder particles in varying size and shape were embedded on the surface. All HA- or CaP-treated surfaces showed Ca and P content but no surface damage. Calcified biofilm remnants were removed from the implant surface by the test groups, whereas in control groups, they remained. APA treatment with CaP and HA powders under clinically applicable pressure settings gives positive results in vitro; therefore, they could be promising when used in vivo.
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