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The increasing use of ceramics in more advanced technological applications has resulted in a heightened demand for improvements in properties and reliability. (Lange, 1989). In the last decades it has been realized that such improvements can be achieved only through careful attention not only to the chemical and mineralogical composition but also to the fabrication process. (Rahaman, 1995).
In vitro and in vivo studies have confirmed a high biocompatibility of zirconia, especially when it is completely purified of its radioactive contents. (Gahlert et al., 2007; Andreiolli et al., 2009). Generally, ceramics are inert materials, which have no adverse local or general tissue reactions. As the ceramic prostheses are made with highly polished surface, they can contact
the gum tissue and assist in the maintenance of gingival architecture. Depending on the smoothness, the ceramics prevent the buildup of plaque, creating a favorable surface for the gingival tissues. Zirconia based ceramics are chemically inert materials, allowing good cell adhesion, and while no adverse systemic reactions have been associated with it. (Ichikawa et al., 1992).
Radioactivity detected in zirconium oxide ceramics? The major radionuclides of concern are potassium, uranium and thorium and their decay products, some of which, like radium and radon are intensely radioactive but occur in low concentrations. Most of these sources have been decreasing, due to radioactive decay since the formation of the Earth, because there is no significant amount currently transported to the Earth. Thus, the present activity on earth from uranium-238 is only half as much as it originally was because of its 4.5 billion year half-life, and potassium-40 (half-life 1.25 billion years) is only at about 8% of original activity. The effects on humans of the actual diminishment (due to decay) of these isotopes is minimal however. This is because humans evolved too recently for the difference in activity over a fraction of a half-life to be significant. Put another way, human history is so short in comparison to a half-life of a billion years, that the activity of these long-lived isotopes has been effectively constant throughout our time on this planet. READ the latest radioactive isotopes analysis performed on CeraRoot implants. Click here.
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