Novel Materials and Techniques for Dental Implants
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 930
Special Issue Editor
Interests: post-processing process; anodizing and platting process; 3D-printing process; microstructural design; advanced characterization techniques; mechanical properties at different length scales; plastic deformation mechanisms; degradation process; revalorization and reutilization
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Dear Colleagues,
Advanced materials (e.g.,: ceramic, metallic, and metallic alloy materials), post-processing techniques (e.g., anodizing, physical, or chemical vapor deposition, etc.), and/or surface modification strategies (e.g., chemical etching, laser patterning, etc.) have gained interest within the field of biomedical applications over the last years, particularly for dental implants.
In this regard, an improved knowledge of these advanced materials, as well as the post-treatment surfaces of them and the correlation between the microstructure, corrosion resistance, and biocompatibility properties will lead to hierarchical design materials, ranging across length scales over several orders of magnitude (i.e., from nanometers to hundreds of centimeters), depending the post-processing technique used.
Based on these considerations, this Special Issue aims to provide a critical overview of the current post-processing techniques and surface modification strategies for advanced materials, investigating and comparing the changes produced by these treatments in terms of microstructure, aging, and corrosion resistance, and the biological performance for dental implants. Furthermore, research articles, reviews, and communications relating to this topic, thus leading to developments in the design of advanced biomaterials for both material science researchers and practicing engineers and dentists, are all invited for this Special Issue.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Materials.
Dr. Joan Josep Roa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- post-processing process
- surface modification strategies
- dental materials
- microstructural characterization
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