OWN - Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH CI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH OCI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH TA - Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants JT - The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants IS - 1942-4434 (Electronic) IS - 0882-2786 (Print) IP - 4 VI - 2 PST - ppublish DP - 1987 PG - 197-202 LA - en TI - Analysis of plasma flame-sprayed coatings on endosseous oral titanium implants exfoliated in man: Preliminary results FAU - Lüthy, H. AU - Lüthy H FAU - Strub, J. R. AU - Strub J FAU - Schärer, P. AU - Schärer P CN - AB - The plasma flame-sprayed coatings on seven ITI-Hollow Basket Implants (types E, F, and K) and eight IMZ-Implants (Cylinder and Cylinder Extension), exfoliated in man, were analyzed metallographically and compared with nonused implants of the same types. Two thirds of the retrieved implants showed a significant decrease of the coating thickness. There was no correlation between the coating thickness reduction and the intraoral functional time. The microhardness of the ITI-Hollow Basket Implant bodies was significantly higher than that of the IMZ-Implants. AID - 843605