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Ultraviolet treatment overcomes time-related degrading bioactivity of titanium.
Tissue engineering. Part A - 1 Dec 2009
Suzuki Takeo, Hori Norio, Att Wael, Kubo Katsutoshi, Iwasa Fuminori, Ueno Takeshi, Maeda Hatsuhiko, Ogawa Takahiro
Abstract excerpt
The shelf life of titanium implant products, that is, a possible time-related change of their bioactivity, has rarely been addressed. The objective of this study was to examine the bioactivity of newly processed and aged titanium surfaces and determine whether ultraviolet (UV) light treatment of...
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