Ramakrishnaiah, R., Al kheraif, A.A., Mohammad, A. et al. (6 more authors) (2016) Preliminary fabrication and characterization of electron beam melted Ti–6Al–4V customized dental implant. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. ISSN 1319-562X
Abstract
The current study was aimed to fabricate customized root form dental implant using additive manufacturing technique for the replacement of missing teeth. The root form dental implant was designed using GeomagicTM and MagicsTM, the designed implant was directly manufactured by layering technique using ARCAM A2TM electron beam melting system by employing medical grade Ti–6Al–4V alloy powder. Furthermore, the fabricated implant was characterized in terms of certain clinically important parameters such as surface microstructure, surface topography, chemical purity and internal porosity. Results confirmed that, fabrication of customized dental implants using additive rapid manufacturing technology offers an attractive method to produce extremely pure form of customized titanium dental implants, the rough and porous surface texture obtained is expected to provide better initial implant stabilization and superior osseointegration.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Ti–6Al–4V; Electron beam melting; Additive manufacturing technology; Dental implant |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2016 10:39 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2016 10:39 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.05.001 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.05.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102958 |