World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

ZIRCONIA IMPLANT-A LITERATURE REVIEW

Dr. Bharathi Priya S.*

ABSTRACT

Titanium alloys are broadly used for fabrication of dental implants. Zirconia implants took the lead into dental implantology as an alternative to titanium implants. Zirconia seems to be a apt material because of its tooth-like color, low-plaque affinity, its mechanical properties and its biocompatibility. Zirconia renders the dentist , the benefit to work with a more aesthetic solution, some studies also specify its drawback. Though zirconia is already used in medicine for decades, there is a still insufficiency of peer-reviewed research on this material in dental implantology. This study signifies that zirconia dental implants are much better alternative for gold standard dental implant, i.e., titanium.

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