Research Article

Al2O3 Particles on Titanium Dental Implant Systems following Sandblasting and Acid-Etching Process

Table 2

Quantification of remnant particle counts and sizes in the ROIs.

Implant manufacturerAlpha-BioTecCamlog BiotechnologiesDentsply SironaNeossOsstemInstitute StraumannThommen Medical

Implant systemSPI NanoTec™Conelog® Promote®Ankylos® Friadent plus®ProActive® Straight ImplantUSIII CA FixtureBLX Roxolid® SLActive®BL Roxolid® SLA®BL Roxolid® SLActive®SPI®ELEMENT INICELL®

Particle count
 Mean ± SD5.3 ± 5.71.7 ± 1.90.0 ± 0.00.1 ± 0.20.2 ± 0.416.4 ± 5.038.9 ± 13.550.3 ± 35.746.6 ± 10.3
 Range
(min; max)
(0;13)(0;6)NA(0;1)(0;1)(0;33)(0;134)(0;205)(0;98)

Particle size
 Mean ± SD [µm2]508 ±318457 ±398NA1591120 ±1011909 ±511570 ±4131002 ±781357 ±147
 Range
(min; max)
(114; 2283)(189; 2407)NA(159; 159)(348; 2266)(196;3082)(26; 3357)(101; 5902)(91;1126)
 n of particles9630NA13296752905839