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Air atmospheric-pressure plasma-jet treatment enhances the attachment of human gingival fibroblasts for early peri-implant soft tissue seals on titanium dental implant abutments.
Acta odontologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2015
Lee Jung-Hwan, Kim Yong-Hee, Choi Eun-Ha, Kim Kwang-Mahn, Kim Kyoung-Nam
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OBJECTIVE: Although dental implants are commonly used for tooth restoration, there is a lack of studies of treatment regimens for preventing extra-oral infection and decreasing osseointegration failures by establishing early peri-implant soft tissue seals on titanium dental implant abutments. In this study, air atmospheric-pressure plasma-jet (AAPPJ) treatment was applied to titanium disks to assay the potential...
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