Could Dental Material Reuse Play a Significant Role in Preservation of Raw Materials, Water, Energy, and Costs? Microbiological Analysis of New versus Reused Healing Abutments: An In Vitro Study.
Roberto BurioniLucia SilvestriniBianca D'OrtoGiulia TetèMatteo NagniElisabetta PolizziEnrico Felice GherlonePublished in: Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Within the limitations of the present study, although from an infectious point of view sterilization results in the total eradication of pathogens, surface proteins remain on reused healing abutments.