Race to invade: Understanding soft tissue integration at the transmucosal region of titanium dental implants

T Guo, K Gulati, H Arora, P Han, B Fournier… - Dental Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The success of a dental implant system not only depends on appropriate
osseointegration at the bone-implant interface, but also on robust soft-tissue integration …

[HTML][HTML] Dental implant nano-engineering: advances, limitations and future directions

Y Zhang, K Gulati, Z Li, P Di, Y Liu - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Titanium (Ti) and its alloys offer favorable biocompatibility, mechanical properties and
corrosion resistance, which makes them an ideal material choice for dental implants …

Understanding and optimizing the antibacterial functions of anodized nano-engineered titanium implants

D Chopra, K Gulati, S Ivanovski - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoscale surface modification of titanium-based orthopaedic and dental implants is
routinely applied to augment bioactivity, however, as is the case with other cells, bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Fit and forget: The future of dental implant therapy via nanotechnology

K Gulati, D Chopra, NA Kocak-Oztug… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike orthopedic implants, dental implants require the orchestration of both
osseointegration at the bone-implant interface and soft-tissue integration at the …

Preventing peri-implantitis: the quest for a next generation of titanium dental implants

J Hasan, R Bright, A Hayles, D Palms… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Titanium and its alloys are frequently the biomaterial of choice for dental implant
applications. Although titanium dental implants have been utilized for decades, there are yet …

[HTML][HTML] Latest trends in surface modification for dental implantology: Innovative developments and analytical applications

F Accioni, J Vázquez, M Merinero, B Begines… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
An increase in the world population and its life expectancy, as well as the ongoing concern
about our physical appearance, have elevated the relevance of dental implantology in …

Understanding the influence of electrolyte aging in electrochemical anodization of titanium

K Gulati, RDO Martinez, M Czerwiński… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Titania nanotubes or nanopores self-ordered on electrochemically anodized (EA) titanium
have been widely applied towards photocatalysis, solar cells, purification and biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing Nitinol: From heat treatment to surface functionalization for nickel–titanium (NiTi) instruments in endodontics

WS Chan, K Gulati, OA Peters - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloy has been extensively researched in endodontics, particularly in
cleaning and shaping the root canal system. Research advances have primarily focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Junctional epithelium and hemidesmosomes: Tape and rivets for solving the “percutaneous device dilemma” in dental and other permanent implants

NG Fischer, C Aparicio - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The percutaneous device dilemma describes etiological factors, centered around the
disrupted epithelial tissue surrounding non-remodelable devices, that contribute to rampant …

Old is Gold: Electrolyte Aging Influences the Topography, Chemistry, and Bioactivity of Anodized TiO2 Nanopores

T Guo, NAK Oztug, P Han, S Ivanovski… - ACS applied materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructures including nanopores and nanotubes have been
fabricated on titanium (Ti)-based orthopedic/dental implants via electrochemical anodization …