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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Demonstration of a SiC Protective Coating for Titanium Implants.

Chaker Fares, Shu-Min Hsu, Minghan Xian, Xinyi Xia, Fan Ren, John J Mecholsky, Luiz Gonzaga, Josephine Esquivel-Upshaw

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chaker FaresChemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9596-2381
Shu-Min HsuDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Minghan XianChemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Xinyi XiaDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Fan RenChemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
John J MecholskyMaterials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Luiz GonzagaCenter for Implant Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Josephine Esquivel-UpshawDepartment of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3642-8087
University of Florida · US

Funding

Novel coatings to minimize surface degradation and fracture susceptibility of dental ceramicsR01DE025001 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI ESQUIVEL-UPSHAW, JOSEPHINE F. · 2016 to 2020
$4.2M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE025001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To mitigate the corrosion of titanium implants and improve implant longevity, we investigated the capability to coat titanium implants with SiC and determined if the coating could remain intact after simulated implant placement. Titanium disks and titanium implants were coated with SiC using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and were examined for interface quality, chemical composition, and coating robustness. SiC-coated titanium implants were torqued into a Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) block to simulate clinical implant placement followed by energy dispersive spectroscopy to determine if the coating remained intact. After torquing, the atomic concentration of the detectable elements (silicon, carbon, oxygen, titanium, and aluminum) remained relatively unchanged, with the variation staying within the detection limits of the Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) tool. In conclusion, plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposited SiC was shown to conformably coat titanium implant surfaces and remain intact after torquing the coated implants into a material with a similar hardness to human bone mass.

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biomaterialscoatingdentistryimplant

Identifiers

PMID32722625
PMCPMC7435394
OpenAlexW3044852500

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