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Comparison of a Novel Ultrasonic Scaler Tip vs. Conventional Design on a Titanium Surface

The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the alterations of a titanium surface after treatment with two different types of ultrasonic tips: conventional steel versus an innovative copper alloy silver-plated one. Twenty smooth-surface, grade IV unalloyed titanium discs were divided into two gro...

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Autores principales: Sinjari, Bruna, D’Addazio, Gianmaria, Bozzi, Martina, Celletti, Renato, Traini, Tonino, Mavriqi, Luan, Caputi, Sergio
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30469472
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11122345
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author Sinjari, Bruna
D’Addazio, Gianmaria
Bozzi, Martina
Celletti, Renato
Traini, Tonino
Mavriqi, Luan
Caputi, Sergio
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description The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the alterations of a titanium surface after treatment with two different types of ultrasonic tips: conventional steel versus an innovative copper alloy silver-plated one. Twenty smooth-surface, grade IV unalloyed titanium discs were divided into two groups. The discs were ultrasonically instrumented and the scaler was connected with a loading machine. The surface morphology was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fractal analysis of lacunarity was calculated to highlight the alteration of the surface using the two different tips. The SEM analysis showed different degrees of surface roughness between the two types of scaler tips. Moreover, these observations demonstrated that the new tip showed fewer irregularities on the disc’s surface than the conventional steel tip. The statistical and fractal analysis showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups. Surface alterations of titanium induced by the conventional ultrasonic tips were much greater than those made by copper alloy silver plated tips. The presented results suggest that the use of this new ultrasonic tip may reduce the alterations on the implant surface during its use in dental practice.
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spelling pubmed-63168702019-01-08 Comparison of a Novel Ultrasonic Scaler Tip vs. Conventional Design on a Titanium Surface Sinjari, Bruna D’Addazio, Gianmaria Bozzi, Martina Celletti, Renato Traini, Tonino Mavriqi, Luan Caputi, Sergio Materials (Basel) Article The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the alterations of a titanium surface after treatment with two different types of ultrasonic tips: conventional steel versus an innovative copper alloy silver-plated one. Twenty smooth-surface, grade IV unalloyed titanium discs were divided into two groups. The discs were ultrasonically instrumented and the scaler was connected with a loading machine. The surface morphology was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fractal analysis of lacunarity was calculated to highlight the alteration of the surface using the two different tips. The SEM analysis showed different degrees of surface roughness between the two types of scaler tips. Moreover, these observations demonstrated that the new tip showed fewer irregularities on the disc’s surface than the conventional steel tip. The statistical and fractal analysis showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups. Surface alterations of titanium induced by the conventional ultrasonic tips were much greater than those made by copper alloy silver plated tips. The presented results suggest that the use of this new ultrasonic tip may reduce the alterations on the implant surface during its use in dental practice. MDPI 2018-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6316870/ /pubmed/30469472 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11122345 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11122345
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