Browsing Centre for Oral Bioengineering by Subject "Surface Properties"
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Effect of Silicon dioxide coating of acrylic resin surfaces on Candida albicans adhesion.
(2020-08-28)Acrylic resin has been used in the manufacture of prostheses, however, in the oral cavity, this material starts to retain microorganisms capable of causing gingival inflammation due its porosities. The aim of this study ... -
An Investigation Into the Integrity of Fit of Provisional Crowns Using Current Proprietary Temporary Crown Materials.
(2016-06)Three methods of direct provisional crown construction were investigated for accuracy of marginal fit. A modified proprietary crown coping was compared to Bis GMA and isobutyl methacrylate resin provisional crowns with ... -
Osteoconduction in large macroporous hydroxyapatite ceramic implants: evidence for a complementary integration and disintegration mechanism.
(1999-06)Large, cylindrical implants of a porous calcium phosphate ceramic ("hydroxyapatite" starting material, HAC) were used to replace far greater than critical-sized sections of the midshaft of sheep tibiae and retrieved at 2 ... -
A prospective cohort study assessing the appearance of retrieved aesthetic orthodontic archwires.
(2018-02)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the appearance of three esthetic nickel titanium (NiTi) wires after 6 weeks of intra-oral cycling and to determine the association between objective and subjective measures of esthetics. SETTING ...