ArticleACS omega2020
Prolonged UV-C Irradiation is a Double-Edged Sword on the Zirconia Surface.
Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mechanism of UV-C-Induced Oxygen Vacancies Altering the Colour of Dental Zirconia.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of ultraviolet surface treatment on color stability, surface water contact angle and bond strength of monolithic zirconia.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Biomimetic Surface Modification of Dental Zirconia via UV Irradiation for Enhanced Aesthetics and Wettability.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Zirconia in Dental Implantology: A Review of the Literature with Recent Updates.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Enhanced Osteoconductivity of Zirconia Implants with One-Step Femtosecond Laser Treatment Through Morphological and Chemical Modifications.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Article
- Additively Manufactured Zirconia for Dental Applications with3D printing and additive manufacturing · 2024Article
- The integration of peri-implant soft tissues around zirconia abutments: Challenges and strategies.Bioactive materials · 2023Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Zirconia has become an excellent choice of dental implants because of its excellent mechanical strength, aesthetic, and biocompatibility. Although some studies have shown ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is effective to photofunctionalize dental zirconia that can improve osteoblastic function, the scattered information has not identified the most effective exposure time and wavelength of UV. Herein, this study has investigated the effects of UV irradiation on zirconia after UV-A (365 nm) or UV-C (243 nm) photofunctionalization for different times (15 min, 3 and 24 h). After irradiation, the zirconia surface was analyzed by color spectrophotometry, scanned electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, water contact angle (WCA) with goniometer, and X-ray diffraction. Osteoblastic (MC3T3-E1) cells were cultured on zirconia discs and evaluated with a CCK-8 test kit for cell proliferation (3 h and 1 day) and with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity (14 days). Significant color change (Δ
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