Magister Chirurgiae Dentium / Dental implants are artificial fixtures that are surgically inserted into the jaws to replace
missing teeth. The success of dental implant treatment is dependent on achieving successful
osseointegration (Branemark et al. 2001). Drills used for implant site preparation are made of
different materials such as stainless steel (SS), zirconia and ceramic. Most of them do not
have sufficient cutting efficiency and wear resistance (Oliveira et al. 2012). Recently
diamond-like carbon coating (DLC) has been added as a drill coating to increase the cutting
efficiency, increase wear resistance and drill hardness (Batista Mends et al. 2014).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6306 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Aborass, Marwa A. EL-Mehde |
| Contributors | Peck, M.T., Holmes, H. |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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