Research Article

Infrared Thermographic Assessment of Cooling Effectiveness in Selected Dental Implant Systems

Table 2

Maximal temperature within ROI.

DrillSystem (rpm)Without coolingCoolingCooling with cold saline
[s] (°C) [s] (°C) [s] (°C)

PilotBEGO8002.8238.42.4922.42.8522.0
PilotBEGO1,2001.9625.72.1622.13.2521.8
PilotBEGO1,5003.5844.82.6922.83.3222.1
ϕ2.5BEGO8003.4236.72.5222.85.2722.6
ϕ2.5BEGO1,2003.4531.02.7222.53.9522.4
ϕ2.5BEGO1,5002.8950.82.1623.33.7822.6
ϕ3.0BEGO8001.9932.82.2323.44.4822.1
ϕ3.0BEGO1,2002.1931.31.7924.43.5522.4
ϕ3.0BEGO1,5002.1639.92.2323.44.0122.6
PilotNEO8003.0542.23.5822.03.1221.4
PilotNEO1,2002.6942.83.4522.23.9822.0
PilotNEO1,5001.9251.44.9123.13.1523.0
ϕ2.2NEO8001.5626.83.5822.23.3521.0
ϕ2.2NEO1,2001.2927.53.8522.33.5222.0
ϕ2.2NEO1,5001.0629.43.3223.03.3521.4
ϕ2.9NEO8001.0338.02.7922.02.9921.6
ϕ2.9NEO1,2001.2938.95.0422.44.7822.0
ϕ2.9NEO15001.9242.12.5922.72.4221.4
Pilot3i8003.2839.95.2123.34.1522.0
Pilot3i1,2004.7454.33.1822.62.4921.6
Pilot3i1,5003.8850.83.1228.33.4222.0
ϕ2.33i8003.7537.52.4523.05.7421.6
ϕ2.33i1,2003.6530.41.8923.33.9822.2
ϕ2.33i1,5002.7933.02.2622.75.0422.0
ϕ2.753i8001.7927.22.3624.04.0122.1
ϕ2.753i1,2002.2932.41.4923.53.1822.1
ϕ2.753i1,5003.0531.82.3923.43.8122.2