Influence of professional tools for oral hygiene on the surface of dental mini-implants. Study in vitro
Purpose. Evaluate the effect of the powders used for professional oral hygiene on surface of mini-implants. Materials and methods. For the study used dental mini-implants in the amount of five pieces. According to application protocols in the in vitro conditions for 20 seconds the implant surface treated with blasting powders for various professional oral hygiene. The surface of the first mini-implant treated powder based on sodium bicarbonate, the surface of the second, third, fourth mini-implants - glycine-based powders with different particle size and different firms, a fifth mini-implant was not processed and used to control. Results. In the analysis of the results found to the damaging effect of powder on the surface of the mini-implants. The powder based on sodium bicarbonate caused the most pronounced structural defects on the surface of the implant compared with glycine-based powders. At the same time damaging effect of glycine-based powders were different. Summary and сonclusions. If necessary, allowed accurate application sandblasting apparatus using specially designed polishing powders with low abrasive, providing minimal damaging effect on the material of the mini-implant.