Citric acid passivation of titanium dental implants for minimizing bacterial colonization impact

Surface topography and physical-chemical properties usually play a key-role in both osseointegration improvement and bacterial colonization reduction over the surface of dental implants. The aim of this study is to compare the chemical and bacteriological behavior of two different acid passivation s...

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Autores: Punset Fuste, Miquel|||0000-0002-1904-8667, Vilarrasa Sánchez, Javier, Nart Molina, José, Manero Planella, José María|||0000-0002-1673-4389, Bosch Canals, Begoña María, Padrós, Roberto, Pérez Antoñanzas, Román, Gil Mur, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-6824-1412
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/348296
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/348296
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/coatings11020214
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biomedical materials
Passivation
Ti cp
Dental implants
Titanium ion release
Oxide thickness
Surface roughness
Static contact angle (CA)
Surface free energy (SFE)
Bacterial adhesion
Citric acid passivation
Implants dentals
Materials biomèdics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria biomèdica::Biomaterials::Materials dentals
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Sumario:Surface topography and physical-chemical properties usually play a key-role in both osseointegration improvement and bacterial colonization reduction over the surface of dental implants. The aim of this study is to compare the chemical and bacteriological behavior of two different acid passivation surface treatments on titanium c.p. grade 3 used for dental implant manufacturing. Surface roughness was evaluated using White Light Interferometry (WLI) in order to determine different roughness parameters such as average roughness (Sa), the spacing parameter (Sm) and the hybrid parameter of surface index area (SIA). Contact angle (CA) and surface free energy (SFE) were evaluated in order to establish the surface wettability of the different groups of samples. Titanium ion-release from the different samples was also been analyzed in Hank’s solution medium at 37 °C by using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) at different immersion times. Bacterial viability adhesion assays were done using S. sanguinis (CECT 480, Spain) as a bacterial strain model of primary colonizer in oral biofilm formation. The bacteria attachment and morphology on Ti surfaces were determined using a live/dead staining method after 4 h of incubation and further analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Acid passivation surface treatments produced a statistically-significant (p < 0.05) roughness increase in all the evaluated parameters (Sa, Sm, SAI). The treatment with citric acid decreased the static contact angle (CA) and caused an increase in surface free energy (SFE) with a high polarization and oxidizing character. These physical-chemical surface characteristics obtained by means of citric acid passivation caused the bactericidal behavior as it has been proved in bacterial studies.