Effect of diamond-like carbon coating on implant drill wear during implant site preparation

dc.contributor.advisor	Peck, M.T.
dc.contributor.advisor	Holmes, H.
dc.contributor.author	Aborass, Marwa A. EL-Mehde
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-16T11:42:06Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-16T11:42:06Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6306
dc.description	Magister Chirurgiae Dentium
dc.description.abstract	Dental implants are artificial fixtures that are surgically inserted into the jaws to replace missing teeth. The success of dental implant treatment is dependent on achieving successful osseointegration (Branemark et al. 2001). Drills used for implant site preparation are made of different materials such as stainless steel (SS), zirconia and ceramic. Most of them do not have sufficient cutting efficiency and wear resistance (Oliveira et al. 2012). Recently diamond-like carbon coating (DLC) has been added as a drill coating to increase the cutting efficiency, increase wear resistance and drill hardness (Batista Mends et al. 2014).
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of the Western Cape
dc.subject	Diamond-like carbon
dc.subject	Drill wear
dc.subject	Dental implants
dc.subject	Drilling time
dc.subject	Drill design
dc.subject	Scanning electron microscopy
dc.subject	Stainless steel drill
dc.title	Effect of diamond-like carbon coating on implant drill wear during implant site preparation
dc.rights.holder	University of the Western Cape