Review on the mechanical properties and biocompatibility of titanium implant: The role of niobium alloying element
Biomedical titanium alloys with elastic moduli close to that of cortical bone have gained great attention in the field of bone implantation. A low modulus is desirable in an implant to prevent stress shielding, which usually leads to critical clinical issues, such as bone resorption and implant loos...
| Published in: | International Journal of Materials Research |
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| Format: | Review |
| Language: | English |
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
2021
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| Online Access: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108859543&doi=10.1515%2fijmr-2020-8060&partnerID=40&md5=a67f4e70cb789a90b986af6a75863087 |
| Summary: | Biomedical titanium alloys with elastic moduli close to that of cortical bone have gained great attention in the field of bone implantation. A low modulus is desirable in an implant to prevent stress shielding, which usually leads to critical clinical issues, such as bone resorption and implant loosening. The use of β-type titanium with nontoxic alloying elements, such as niobium, as a novel candidate of implant material for replacing failed hard tissues has shown great potential. This review describes a titanium implant application alloyed with niobium and the mechanical properties and bioactivity of various titanium alloys sintered at different temperatures. © 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston, Germany 2021. |
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| ISSN: | 18625282 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/ijmr-2020-8060 |