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Composite materials for dental implants.

A Schulman·S J Piliero·L Pentel·W R Ott·H D Moskowitz
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The requirements of endosteal dental implants are unique and stringent. The materials currently applied to implantation do not offer convincing evidence of satisfying these needs. This preliminary study reports on attempts at developing materials which would aid in obtaining a mucosal seal to maintain the integrity of the osseous, periosteal, and submucosal compartments from the oral environment and the attachment to bone as related to stress distribution. The materials that were under study were ceramic bonded to base metals and Dacron.

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A Schulman, S J Piliero, L Pentel, W R Ott, H D Moskowitz. 1975. Composite materials for dental implants.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(75)90150-4

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