Although this blog was made to post our cases and also contributions from our visitors, I thought to post this video about zirconia dental implant that I found searching over the internet. The reason which I decided to do this is because we have been discussing a lot in our implant list about the subject in the past months.
I hope you enjoy it.
Zirconium is a grayish-white metal, lustrous and exceptionally corrosion resistant (1). However, as Dr. Gary Henkel has pointed out in our list, “in the form we utilize it; its properties are those of a ceramic. But most ceramics are non metallic so it is somewhat unusual in that regard”.
Some studies are showing similar osseointegration levels with respect to titanium. (2).
The proposed benefits are esthetics, non allergy problems and less corrosion. Regard the last issue, in the last Argentinian Society for Dental Research (IADR division) it was presented a paper who showed less corrosion and mobilization into target organs of zirconium compared to titanium (3)
Today, long term studies seem to be lacking. But we think that in the short time we will have more answers regarding zirconia.
References
3. Olmedo, DG. et al. SAIO, 2006
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