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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2025

Biocompatible and Antibacterial Chemical Coatings on TiZr Dental Implants.

Vlad Gabriel Vasilescu, Toma Lucian Ciocan, Andreea Mihaela Custura, Florin Miculescu, Miruna Stan, Ionela Cristina Voinea, Dumitru Dima, Florentina Ionela Bucur, Andreea Veronica Dediu-Botezatu, Marian Iulian Neacșu and 2 more

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors.

Vlad Gabriel VasilescuDiscipline of Dental Prosthesis Technology, Faculty of Dentistry, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dionisie Lupu Street, No. 37, District 2, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.
Toma Lucian CiocanDiscipline of Dental Prosthesis Technology, Faculty of Dentistry, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dionisie Lupu Street, No. 37, District 2, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0329-5102
Andreea Mihaela CusturaDiscipline of Dental Prosthesis Technology, Faculty of Dentistry, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dionisie Lupu Street, No. 37, District 2, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0009-0003-0150-0613
Florin MiculescuDepartment of Metallic Materials Science, Physical Metallurgy, National University of Science and Technology, Politehnica Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, J Building, District 6, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6757-5616
Miruna StanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Ionela Cristina VoineaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Dumitru DimaDepartment of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, Faculty of Science and Environment, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Domnească Street, 111, 800201 Galați, Romania.
Florentina Ionela BucurDepartment of Food Science, Food Engineering and Applied Biotechnologies, Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Domnească Street, 111, 800201 Galați, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0488-8524
Andreea Veronica Dediu-BotezatuDepartment of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, Faculty of Science and Environment, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Domnească Street, 111, 800201 Galați, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3194-0102
Marian Iulian NeacșuDepartment of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Domnească Street, 111, 800201 Galați, Romania.
Elisabeta VasilescuDepartment of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Domnească Street, 111, 800201 Galați, Romania.
Marina ImreDiscipline of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 37 Dionisie Lupu Street, District 2, 020021 Bucharest, Romania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research aims to study the antibacterial coatings of invasive surgical medical devices, including dental implants, to reduce superficial and deep local infections over the long term. To obtain the coating without altering the initial properties of the substrate (dental implant made of TiZr bioalloy), simple, cost-effective, and efficient methods were employed, such as chemical deposition of silver (Ag). The deposition characteristics were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), EDX analysis, and FT-IR infrared analysis. The in vitro testing of antimicrobial activity was conducted using the diffusion method by cultivating the bacterial strains Escherichia coli (

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antibacterial inhibition zonebiocompatibilitychitosandental implanthuman gingival fibroblastshuman osteoblastssilver

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