SURFACE TREATMENTS OF

DENTAL IMPLANTS

DR. SOWMYA K
II MDS
DEPT OF PROSTHODONTICS
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SYNOPSIS

• Introduction • Sand blasting

• Classification • Etching
• Plasma sprayed coating
• Various methods • Ion sputtering coating
• Conclusion • Anodization
• References • Biomimetic surface treatment
• Nano-silver coating
• Fluoride coating
• Photo functionalization
• Sol gel coatings
• Chitosan coating
• Growth factor coating

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INTRODUCTION

Why surface characteristics are important?

Bone implant
osseointegration stability
contact

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SURFACE ROUGHNESS increases the

SURFACE surface area of the dental implant
ROUGHNESS
• to achieve higher initial implant
FACTORS AFFECTING stability by mechanical interlocking
INITIAL BONE FORMATION
• to maximize cell adhesion at the
HYDROPHILICITY surface to promote bone ingrowth
into the surface porosities.

Goyal et al (2012) observed that the increased roughness can simultaneously increase the surface
area of the implant and enhance osseointegration process.

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CLASSIFICATION

Based on the surface

roughness

Minimally rough Intermediately rough Rough

(0.5–1 µm) (1–2 µm) (2–3 µm)

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Based on surface texture

Concave Convex
Additive treatments Subtractive treatments
(HA coating, titanium plasma spraying) (etching, blasting)

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Based on the orientation of

surface irregularities

Isotropic surfaces Anisotropic surfaces

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Based on the method

Chemical Physical
(Surface coating ) (Mechanical surface alteration)

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SAND BLASTING

GRIT BLASTING

Creates roughness through pressurized particle projection

Commonly used
Roughness depends on • Al2O3
• Particle size • TiO2
IDEAL REQUIREMENTS
• Time of blasting • Hydroxyapatite
 Chemically stable
• Pressure • zro2
 Biocompatible
• Distance from the source of
 Should not hamper osseointegration.
particle to the implant
surface.

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 It allows adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts.

 It has also been noticed that fibroblasts adhere to the surface with difficulty and hence could limit soft
tissue proliferation and increase bone formation.

Residual ceramic particles can detach from the implant surface and cause inflammation in the peri-
implant bone. So it is mandatory to do acid-etching following sand blasting.

Sandblasted, large grit , acid-etched implant surface (SLA)

Enhances osseointegration through greater bone-to-implant contact (BIC).

• Al2O3 particles & HCl and H2SO4

• Tricalcium phosphate & HF
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ACID ETCHING

Aids in cleaning the surface and attaining homogenous roughening.

Acid etched surfaces increase cell adhesion and bone formation, thus
Micropits enhancing the osseointegration.
0.5 to 2 µm

Roughness depends on Commonly used

• Concentration of the • Hydrochloric (HCl)
acidic solution • Hydrofluoric (HF)
• Time • Nitric (HNO3)
• Temperature • Sulphuric (H2SO4)
• Or a combination

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DUAL ACID ETCHING (DAE)

Immersion of Ti implants for several minutes in a mixture of concentrated HCl and

H2SO4 heated above 100°C.

• The dual acid-etched surface produces a microtexture rather than a macrotexture.

• Enhance the osteoconductive process through the attachment of fibrin and osteogenic cells, resulting
in bone formation directly on the surface of the implant.

Chou et al (2001) - A comparative study between a machined surface and those using HF and
HCl/H2SO4 (DAE) has shown the acid treated surface has greater resistance to reverse torque
removal and better osseointegration.
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ALKALINE ETCHING

4-5 M
sodium
hydroxide
sodium titanate
gel of 1 µm thick
600 0C 24
hours
(irregular
topography and
ample of open
porosity)
Titanium
implant
surface

If alkali treatment is done after acid etching, the resulting surface has increased porosity.
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LASER ETCHING

NONCONTACT TREATMENT
No possible contamination with blasting media.

PROCESS – Using Nd: YAG laser, substrate material vaporizes and forms a crater.

Hsu et al (2007) - Better way of controlling the micro-topography of the implant surface and
this process enhances biocompatibility of the implant surface

Hallgren et al, demonstrated that the removal torque value was larger for the laser-
modified implant (52 Ncm) than the machined surface implant (35 Ncm) after 12 weeks of
healing.
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PLASMA-SPRAYED SURFACES

Spraying molten metal on the titanium base

Increased surface Increases the Better

More BIC
roughness surface area osseointegration

 Titanium plasma spray

 HA spray

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TITANIUM PLASMA SPRAY (TPS)

• Process involves injecting titanium powder through a hot plasma torch.

• The molten titanium particles fuse and condense at the surface of the implant to produce a rough surface.

Increases the implant surface by 6 times (30- 50 μm deep)

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HA COATING

De Groot

This process involves the heating of HA by a plasma flame at a temperature of approximately 15,000–
20,000 K and HA is propelled onto the implant in an inert environment like argon.

The thickness of 50-200 μm produces roughness of 7-24 μm

INDICATIONS
 For type 4 bone
 Fresh extraction sites
 Newly grafted sites

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ADVANTAGES
 Faster healing bone interface
 Increased gap healing between bone and implant
 Stronger interface than TPS
 Less corrosion of metal

Fouda et al (2009) reported that HA coated titanium implant could enhance the healing
period compared to the uncoated implants.

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DISADVANTAGES
 Delamination of coating leads to failure of implant
 Dissolution/fracture of HA coating results in failure
 Predisposes to plaque retention

Liu et al (2004) - the bonding strength of HA on titanium alloys decreased long hours of
immersion time in the simulated body fluids (SBF)

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VARIOUS METHODS OF HA COATING

Functionally graded coating

Antibiotic coating

Laser ablation coating

Pulsed laser deposition

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FUNCTIONALLY GRADED COATING

• Use of HA along with Ti6Al4V
• Mechanically strong, bio-inert and biocompatible.

LASER ABLATION TECHNIQUE

• To control the morphology of coating of HA (either crystalline or amorphous)

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ANTIBIOTIC COATING
 Gentamycin
 Tetracycline

• Local prophylactic agent along with systemic antibiotics in dental implant surgery.
• Functions as an antimicrobial agent.
• Removes the smear layer as well as endotoxins from the implant surface.
• It inhibits collagenase activity.
• Increases cell proliferation as well as attachment and bone healing.

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PULSED LASER DEPOSITION (PLD)

KrF
laser

Involves three main steps:

1. Ablation of the target material

2. Formation of a highly energetic plume
3. The growth of the film on the substrate.

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ION-SPUTTERING COATING

A thin layer (0.5-3 µm) of Calcium/Phosphate will be coated onto an implant substrate.

PROCESS - Directing a beam of ion onto an HA block that is vaporized to create plasma and then
recondensing this plasma onto the implant.

- Provide greater - Time consuming

control of the
coating's properties.
- Produces amorphous
coatings
- Improved adhesion
between the
substrate and the - Ca/P ration of the
coating. coating is higher than
of synthetic HA.
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ANODIZATION

Produces a micro / nano porous oxide layer on the Ti surface.

This process involves passing a current through the implant as the anode with an acid as
the electrolyte to form the surface oxide.

Depends on,
 Phosphoric acid
• Current density
 Nitric acid
• Concentration and composition of the acids used in
 Sulfuric acid
the electrolyte solution
 Hydrofluoric acid
• The temperature

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Sul et al (2002), analyzed the resonance frequency and removal torque of implants with
turned and anodized surface oxides.

Studies have demonstrated increased bone response with higher biomechanical and
histological values for anodized surfaces compared with machined ones.

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NANOSILVER

Silver nanoparticles act against Gram-negative bacteria

• Nanoparticles of size 1–10 nm adheres to the cell membrane of bacteria and effects
permeability and respiration.

• SNPs enters bacteria interacts with sulfur- and phosphorus-containing compounds like DNA.

• SNPs emit silver ions, which will have an additional contribution to the bactericidal effect.

SNPs are doped over implant surface in concentration of 0.05 ppm by Tollens reaction.

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Zhao et al, AgNPs were inserted on surface of Ti implants by

a technique which also involves silver nitrate immersion and
ultraviolet radiation. Study shows that during initial days
planktonic bacteria was inhibited and bacteria adhesion was
prevented for 30 days due to AgNPs coating.

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BIOMIMETIC SURFACE TREATMENT

Potential bioactive agents

Ideal requirements
• It should be able to bring about differentiation of cell for bone formation
• It should not delaminate
• Easy to manufacture
• Affordable
• Chemically stable
• Non-immunogenic

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• Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) is reported to act as a

bone-modulating agent for uses in dentistry

• Biphosphonate assimilated on surface of titanium implants has shown increased bone

density around implant

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FLUORIDE TREATMENT

Titanium
implant
surface

Titanium Better
tetrafluoride
osseo-
TiF4 integration

Fluoride
ions

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PHOTO FUNCTIONALIZATION

• UV treatment of dental implant surfaces enhances bioactivity and osseointegration by altering

the titanium dioxide on the surface.

• By promoting interactions of cells and proteins to the implant on a molecular level, UV light is
believed to enhance the osteoconductivity.

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SOL-GEL COATINGS

• A liquid with a specific composition (i.e., the Sol) is converted into a solid gel phase.

• Thin coatings can be deposited onto a surface by dip- or spin coating techniques.

• The procedure makes it possible to produce coatings of Ti, HA or combination of both.

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SIMVASTATIN

Induce the expression of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 2 messenger ribonucleic acid
that might promote bone formation.

Yang et al. (2010) showed that simvastatin-loaded porous implant surfaces promote accelerated
osteogenic differentiation of preosteoblasts, which have the potential to improve the nature of
osseointegration

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GROWTH FACTOR COATING

• The implant surface can be coated with osteogenesis stimulating agents to accelerate
angiogenesis and bone formation around implants.

 Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs)

 Transforming growth factor b1 (TGF-b1)
 Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs)
 Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs)
 Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs).

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CHITOSAN COATING

• Provides adhesion and proliferation of human gingival fibroblast cells.

• It showed a high level of cytocompatibility while preventing the growth of the P. gingivalis
bacteria.

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ZIRCONIA IMPLANTS

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CONCLUSION

Surface characteristics is one of the key factor in achieving primary stability and for better
osseo-integration. Therefore, it is necessary for a clinician to know the various
modification methods of implant surface treatments for the long term success.

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