Review article
Titanium in Dentistry
Adnan Ćatović
; Zavod za fiksnu protetiku Stomatološkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vjekoslav Jerolimov
; Zavod za mobilnu protetiku Stomatološkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Jasenka Živko-Babić
; Zavod za fiksnu protetiku Stomatološkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vlado Carek
; Zavod za mobilnu protetiku Stomatološkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nikša Dulčić
; Klinika za stomatologiju KBC-a u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Amir Ćatić
; Dom zdravlja “Dubrava”, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Biserka Lazić
; Zavod za fiksnu protetiku Stomatološkog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Application o f titanium in dental implantology encouraged research
into its use also in restorative dentistry. This paper describes the
advantages o f titanium, such as its biocompatibility, resistance to corrosion and low price, by which it can completely replace traditional
alloys in dental restoration (production). Titanium also has certain disadvantages, like a high melting-point and extreme reactivity with oxygen in its molten state, which calls for specific technology of processing and bonding with aesthetic materials (especially ceramics). Results o f clinical investigations confirm its advantageous properties, and at the same time point to difficulties in its application. This is the reason why it is necessary to continue with clinical and laboratory research on titanium, in order to improve its production technology and economical application, so that indications for its application within various branches of dentistry, especially prosthetic dentistry, can be more precisely determined.
Keywords
titanium; biocompatibility; clinical investigations
Hrčak ID:
97958
URI
Publication date:
15.6.1998.
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