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ArticleClinical and experimental dental research2018

Permanent wettability of a novel, nanoengineered, clinically available, hyaluronan-coated dental implant.

Marco Morra, Clara Cassinelli, Elisa Torre, Giorgio Iviglia

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Article in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors.

Marco MorraNobil Bio Ricerche srl Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1742-139X
Clara CassinelliNobil Bio Ricerche srl Italy.
Elisa TorreNobil Bio Ricerche srl Italy.
Giorgio IvigliaNobil Bio Ricerche srl Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to evaluate long-term wettability of novel surface-engineered, clinically available dental implants, featuring a surface nanolayer of covalently linked hyaluronan, and to confirm the relationships between wetting properties and surface nanostructure and microstructure. Wettability measurements were performed on clinically available hyaluronan-coated Grade 4 titanium implants, packaged and sterile, that is, in the "on the shelf" condition, after 1 year from production. Wetting properties were measured by the Wilhelmy plate method. Analysis of the surface structure and chemistry was perfomed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and

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dental implantshydrophilicitywettability

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PMID30455984
PMCPMC6225979

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