Fatigue resistance of dental implants treated with laser method / 대한치과보철학회지

ABSTRACT

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Many surface processing methods of dental implant have been developed, the laser processing is one of them. PURPOSE: This study was to investigate in vitro the fatigue resistance of implants treated with laser method(CSM implant, CSM Company, Daegu, Korea). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fatigue tests of 23 laser treated CSM implant(CSM Company, Daegu, Korea) were conducted using Instron 8871 (Load cell, 5 kN, Instron Co., England), according to ISO 14801 (2003), RESULTS: From 300 N, each specimens were not fractured and withstood until more than 5,000,000 cycle. CONCLUSION: Within the limits of this in vitro study, implants treated with laser method (CSM implant, CSM Company, Daegu, Korea) have had enough rigidity and fatigue resistance to use clinically with reliance.