The titanium dental implants
Titanium is a metal widely used today in surgery for his biological neutrality, as it ensures the acceptance by the body.
Its density, equal to 4.51 g/cm3 makes a material particularly suitable for use in aerospace where weight ratio - force is essential.
Remarkable its excellent r existence corrosive. The titanium is naturally covered with an oxide film, which is reformed immediately if damaged, making it a metal between the most resistant.
Moreover, the material includes among its features to be anti-magnetic. This feature will be to make it particularly suitable for the introduction into the human body and specifically in the bone structures. Unfortunately its high melting point makes it difficult to use in dental laboratories, as the welding of the material requires highly specialized techniques and tools.
Low thermal conductivity. This allows the use of titanium in the oral cavity, subject to various stimuli of heat and cold.
The grades of titanium.
We can distinguish 4 degrees in healthcare Titanium ASTM F64, and these will be related to the purity of the material and its mechanical strength.
While the first can be the most pure, this is much too pliable, so as to be simply used to make titanium membranes that allow the guided tissue regeneration.
The second degree is certainly more durable but still too flexible for use in endosseous implants. The risk is clearly to break.
The third grade has not only purity but also resistance, thus constituting an excellent implant material.
The Isomed uses of titanium grade 4. It contains higher percentage of ligands, which give it a surprising strength.
Electron microscope images, at various magnifications, of the surface of the implants Isomed used in Study of Dr. Eugene Count
