All That You Need to Know About Zirconia Dental Implants (Part 11)
Corrosion is the gradual degradation of metal due to chemical attack.
It is a primary concern of patients and dentists using metal implants.
Any metallic implant can corrode when placed in a hostile environment offered by the human body, specifically the mouth.
Corrosion is the interactive process between a chemical environment and a solid material.
The solid material corrodes or loses substance.
At worst, the corroded titanium implant could cause, outright, periprosthetic bone loss.
This is the reason for a shift in using metal implants to ceramic ones like zirconia implants.
Zirconia dental implants are high-quality implants that serve as a great substitute to titanium implants in terms of cost and effectiveness.