TITANIUM ALLERGY IN DENTAL IMPLANT PATIENTS: A CLINICAL STUDY ON 1500 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS BY SICILLIA ET AL.
Rutile Titanium allergy in dental implant patients: a clinical study on 1500 consecutive patients Sicilia A, Cuesta S, Coma G, Arregui I, Guisasola C, Ruiz E, Maestro A. Titanium allergy in dental implant patients: a clinical study on 1500 consecutive patients. Clin. Oral Impl. Res. 19, 2008; 823–835 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2008.01544.x Given its high resistance to corrosion in a physiological environment and the excellent biocompatibility that gives it a passive, stable oxide film, titanium is considered the material of choice for intraosseous use in the medical field (Smith et al. 1997; Sykaras et al. 2000; Frisken et al. 2002; Akagawa & Abe 2003). This metal has been somewhat surrounded by mysticism in the world of dentistry (Parr et al. 1985), to the extent that there is a general belief, biologically inexplicable, yet still shown in some publications (Hensten-Pettersen 1992; Basketter et al. 2000; El Salam El Askary 2003), that it cannot cause allergic ...