Secondary Stability Assessment of Titanium Implants with an Alkali-Etched Surface

Abstract

This study was carried out to quantity the effect of an alkali-modified surface on implant stability during healing using an animal model. The mean increase in the secondary implant stability was found to be proportional to the mean increase in the BIC at healing period earlier than 5 weeks.

Keywords

• alkalietched surface
• bioactive surface
• titanium implants
• resonance-frequency analysis
• secondary stability