The maintenance of inserted titanium implants: in-vitro evaluation of exposed surfaces cleaned with three different instruments.
Carlo BertoldiDonatella LusuardiFrancesca BattarraPaolo SassatelliSergio SpinatoDavide ZaffePublished in: Clinical oral implants research (2016)
The careful use of titanium-curettes could produce only minimal smooth surface alteration particularly over prolonged treatments, and avoid debris production that could endanger implant preservation.