TY - JOUR
T1 - Laboratory technique for coloring titanium abutments to improve esthetics
AU - Wadhwani, Chandur P.K.
AU - O'Brien, Richard
AU - Kattadiyil, Mathew T.
AU - Chung, Kwok Hung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Editorial Council for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Titanium alloys are used for implant abutments onto which prostheses are attached. One major disadvantage of titanium abutments is their esthetics; the metallic gray color may show through the restorative material or through surrounding tissues. A laboratory technique using readily available household items is described that can alter the abutment color by anodization.
AB - Titanium alloys are used for implant abutments onto which prostheses are attached. One major disadvantage of titanium abutments is their esthetics; the metallic gray color may show through the restorative material or through surrounding tissues. A laboratory technique using readily available household items is described that can alter the abutment color by anodization.
KW - Esthetics, Dental
KW - Dental Materials/chemistry
KW - Dental Abutments
KW - Humans
KW - Color
KW - Titanium/chemistry
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84961720879
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84961720879#tab=citedBy
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/3305715d-693b-36f5-8eb6-18cbc5ca7856/
U2 - 10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.09.024
DO - 10.1016/j.prosdent.2015.09.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 26723096
SN - 0022-3913
VL - 115
SP - 409
EP - 411
JO - The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
JF - The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
IS - 4
ER -