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- Title
Comparative Analysis of the Chemical Composition and Microstructure Conformation Between Different Dental Implant Bone Drills.
- Authors
Marenzi, Gaetano; Sammartino, Josè Camilla; Scherillo, Fabio; Rengo, Carlo; De Rosa, Alfredo; Graziano, Vincenzo; Spagnuolo, Gianrico
- Abstract
Background: Hardness is considered an important parameter for evaluating the clinical performance of dental implant bone drills. It is connected to the chemical composition, microstructure conformation and manufacture of the surgical drills. Methods: Microstructure of five dental implant drills using scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) integrated with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. Vickers microhardness was measured using a CV 2000 microhardness tester with an indentation force of 500 g. Results: Composition of the implant drills was typical of martensitic stainless steel (MSS). The drills contained 13%–17% of Cr; Mo, Si and Mn were present as minor ligands. The examined bone drills showed different external surface conformation and hardness in relation to the different industrial production processes. A rougher external surface and a higher hardness value are characteristics of the surgical bone drills produced by hot forming; the implant drills produced by machining showed mailing lines on their external surface and a lower hardness. Conclusions: Different compositions and treatments were used by the manufacturers to improve the hardness of the external layer of the dental implant drills making them prone to a diverse heat generation during the implant site preparation.
- Subjects
ANALYTICAL chemistry; MARTENSITIC stainless steel; DENTAL implants; DENTAL drilling; MICROSTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2019, Vol 12, Issue 11, p1866
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma12111866