Dental Materials
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 295-305 , April 2010

Surface characterization of zirconia dental implants

  • S. Zinelis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomaterials, University of Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • A. Thomas

      Affiliations

    • School of Physics and Astronomy, Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • K. Syres

      Affiliations

    • School of Physics and Astronomy, Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • N. Silikas

      Affiliations

    • Biomaterials Unit, University of Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • G. Eliades

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomaterials, University of Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Biomaterials, University of Athens, School of Dentistry, 2 Thivon Str-Goudi, 115 27 Athens, Greece. Tel.: +30 210 7461101; fax: +30 210 7461306.

Received 27 May 2009 ,Revised 27 September 2009 ,Accepted 17 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2009.11.079

Dental Materials
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 295-305 , April 2010

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