Titanium Corrosion in Peri-Implantitis

Materials

Luiz Gonzaga¹  RenitaJ. Jenkins²  Chaker Fares³  Fan Ren³  Dan Neal⁴  Edgar O’Neill⁵  ArthurE. Clark⁵  MailisD. Soler⁵  JosephineF. Esquivel-Upshaw⁵  Shu-Min Hsu⁵ 

[1] Center for Implant Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;Dental Clinical Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;

关键词: peri-implantitis;    titanium particles;    biopsy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma13235488

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Titanium (Ti) corrodes clinically in the presence of bacteria. We investigated this phenomenon as a function of Ti particles found in biopsied tissues around peri-implantitis sites and surface roughness of failed Ti implants. Tissue biopsies were surgically collected from peri-implantitis sites, processed, and embedded in resin. The resin-embedded samples were hand trimmed to the region of interest and semi-thick (500 nm) sections were collected onto coverslips. One section was toluidine blue post-stained as a reference. The remainder sections were left unstained for energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis. Processed samples were examined under scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and EDX. Corresponding failed implants were also removed and examined under SEM and EDX. Five out of eight biopsied samples demonstrated the presence of Ti particles in the soft tissue, suggesting the true rate among all failures was between 24.5% and 91.5% (the lower bound of a 95% confidence interval for the true rate of Ti presence). SEM analysis of failed implant bodies also indicated changes in surface morphology and appeared less detailed with decreased weight percent of Ti on the surface of the failed implants. In conclusion, Ti particles were noted in 5/8 biopsied samples. Surface morphologies were smoother in failed implants compared with the reference implant.

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