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Sterilization Protocol for Porous dental implants made by Selective Laser Melting

2018; Volume: 91; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15386/cjmed-987

2668-0572

Avram Manea, Simion Bran, Mihaela Băciuț, Gabriel Armencea, Dumitru Pop, Petru Berce, Dan Cristian Vodnar, Mihaela Hedeșiu, Cristian Dinu, Adrian S. Petruţiu, Darius Tomina, Grigore Băciuţ,

Dental materials and restorations

Although dental implants are widely and successfully used, failure rates because of bacterial colonization are still high. Adequate fabrication and sterilization techniques as well as proper management of infectious complications represent a constant field of interest and research. In this study, we focused our attention on implants with controlled porosity produced by Selective Laser Melting (SLM). The difficulty to sterilize porous implantable devices is well known and finding an adequate sterilization protocol represents a challenge worldwide. Before testing the biological and mechanical properties of porous implants, a preliminary study in order to determine a correct sterilization protocol must be conducted.Our aim was to establish a valid sterilization protocol for porous titanium alloy dental implants, as such protocols are not officially available yet.