Abstract
The long-term success of titanium osseointegrated implants
in periodontally healthy patients has been documented in various
studies [1]. However, additional data are still needed to confirm the
long-term predictability of dental implants in general. Titanium
and titanium alloys are commonly used as dental implant materials.
The process of integration of titanium with bone has been firstly
termed by Brånemark [2] as “osseointegration”. Currently, most
of the commercially available implant systems are made of pure
titanium or titanium alloy. However, even though titanium alloys
were exceptionally corrosion-resistant because of the stability of
the TiO2 oxide layer, they are not passive to corrosive attack [3].
Moreover, one of the most famous problems regarding titanium
is hypersensitivity [4,5].
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