Title

Effect of air polishing on surface roughness in implant abutments

Authors

Neha Sah^1,*, Badr Bamusa², Nidhi Mehrotra³, Asutosh Pradhan⁴, Supriya Mishra⁵ & Srishty Goyal⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, Maa Vindhyavasini Autonomous State Medical College, Mirzapur, India; ²Department of Preventive Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ³Department of Periodontology, Seema Dental College and Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India; ⁴Master of Public Health, Asian Institute of Public Health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ⁵Department of Periodontology, Government Dental College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India; ⁶Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ^*Corresponding author

Email

Neha Sah - E - mail: dr.nehasah@gmail.com

Badr Bamusa - E - mail: bader.bamousa@riyadh.edu.sa

Nidhi Mehrotra - E - mail: drnidhimehrotra86@gmail.com

Asutosh Pradhan - E - mail: asupupulutosh@gmail.com

Supriya Mishra - E - mail: dr.supriya4@gmail.com

Srishty Goyal - E - mail: srishtygoyal575@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2024; Revised November 5, 2024; Accepted November 5, 2024, Published November 5, 2024

Abstract

This in vitro investigation attempts to assess how air polishing with various abrasive powders affects implant abutment surface roughness. Thirty titanium implant abutments, split into three groups of ten each, were used in this in vitro investigation. Powdered glycine was given to Group A, powdered sodium bicarbonate to Group B, and powdered erythritol to Group C. For 20 seconds, all abutments were air polished at a pressure of 60 psi and a nozzle distance of 5 mm. A profilometer assessed the surface roughness (Ra values) before and after treatment. Implant abutments' surface roughness changed very little after air polishing with erythritol and glycine powders. Therefore, implant care is possible. Sodium bicarbonate powder, on the other hand, dramatically increased surface roughness, which would raise the possibility of biofilm formation. Consequently, it is advised to regularly clean implant abutments using glycine and erythritol.

Keywords

Air polishing, implant abutment, sodium bicarbonate, erythritol powder

Citation

Sah et al. Bioinformation 20(11): 1667-1670 (2024)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.