Research Article
Al2O3 Particles on Titanium Dental Implant Systems following Sandblasting and Acid-Etching Process
Table 2
Quantification of remnant particle counts and sizes in the ROIs.
| Implant manufacturer | Alpha-BioTec | Camlog Biotechnologies | Dentsply Sirona | Neoss | Osstem | Institute Straumann | Thommen Medical |
| Implant system | SPI NanoTec™ | Conelog® Promote® | Ankylos® Friadent plus® | ProActive® Straight Implant | USIII CA Fixture | BLX Roxolid® SLActive® | BL Roxolid® SLA® | BL Roxolid® SLActive® | SPI®ELEMENT INICELL® |
| Particle count | Mean ± SD | 5.3 ± 5.7 | 1.7 ± 1.9 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 16.4 ± 5.0 | 38.9 ± 13.5 | 50.3 ± 35.7 | 46.6 ± 10.3 | Range (min; max) | (0;13) | (0;6) | NA | (0;1) | (0;1) | (0;33) | (0;134) | (0;205) | (0;98) |
| Particle size | Mean ± SD [µm2] | 508 ±318 | 457 ±398 | NA | 159 | 1120 ±1011 | 909 ±511 | 570 ±413 | 1002 ±781 | 357 ±147 | Range (min; max) | (114; 2283) | (189; 2407) | NA | (159; 159) | (348; 2266) | (196;3082) | (26; 3357) | (101; 5902) | (91;1126) | n of particles | 96 | 30 | NA | 1 | 3 | 296 | 752 | 905 | 839 |
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