Dental implants, materials

Requirements. Requirements for dental implant materials are the same as those for orthopedic uses. The first requirement is that the material used ia the implant must be biocompatible and not cause any adverse reaction ia the body. The material must be able to withstand the environment of the body, and not degrade and be unable to perform the iatended function. 

Thomas J. Webster, Nanophase Ceramics The Future Orthopedic and Dental Implant Material Yu-Ming Lin, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, and Jackie Y. Ying, Fabrication, Structure, and Transport Properties if Nanowires... 

NANOPHASE CERAMICS THE FUTURE ORTHOPEDIC AND DENTAL IMPLANT MATERIAL... 

Traditional materials for orthopedic and dental applications have been selected based on their mechanical properties and ability to remain inert in vivo this selection process has provided materials that satisfied physiological loading conditions but did not duplicate the mechanical, chemical, and architectural properties of bone. Most importantly, to date, failure of conventional orthopedic and dental implant materials is often due to insufficient bonding to juxtaposed bone (that is, insufficient osseointegration). 

Dental implants, see Orthopedic and dental implant materials... 

Orthopedic and dental implant materials bioceramics, 145-146 chemical modifications, 147-148 comparing mechanical properties of, and bone, 146 conventional, 127 costs, 126-127 current materials, 145-148 fate of implanted device, 140-141 integration into surrounding tissue, 127 integrin expression on osteoblasts, 144 integrins, 143-144 metals, ceramics, and polymers, 145 next generation, 127,148-159... 

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