Bactercline®-coated implants: Clinical results up to 1 year after loading from a controlled clinical trial

Background: Titanium dioxide exists in three different crystal lattices, anatase, rutile, and brookite. Anatase coating releases, under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, free radicals such as ·OH, O 2 - , HO 2 - , and H2 O2 . This potent oxidizing power characteristically results in the lysis of bacteri...

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Main Authors: Francesco Carinci, Emma Grecchi, Carlo Alberto Bignozzi, Giovanna Murmura, Adriano Piattelli, Antonio Scarano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Dental Research Journal
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Online Access:http://www.drjjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-3327;year=2012;volume=9;issue=8;spage=142;epage=146;aulast=Carinci