TY - JOUR A1 - Rack, A. A1 - Rack, T. A1 - Stiller, M. A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Zabler, S. A1 - Nelson, K. T1 - In vitro synchrotron-based radiography of micro-gap formation at the implant-abutment interface of two-piece dental implants JF - Journal of synchrotron radiation N2 - Micro-gap formation at the implant-abutment interface of two-piece dental implants was investigated in vitro using high-resolution radiography in combination with hard X-ray synchrotron radiation. Images were taken with the specimen under different mechanical loads of up to 100 N. The aim of this investigation was to prove the existence of micro-gaps for implants with conical connections as well as to study the mechanical behavior of the mating zone of conical implants during loading. Synchrotron-based radiography in comparison with classical laboratory radiography yields high spatial resolution in combination with high contrast even when exploiting micro-sized features in highly attenuating objects. The first illustration of a micro-gap which was previously indistinguishable by laboratory methods underlines that the complex micro-mechanical behavior of implants requires further in vitro investigations where synchrotron-based micro-imaging is one of the prerequisites. KW - X-ray imaging KW - Dental implants KW - Digital radiography KW - Implant-abutment interface PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049510001834 SN - 0909-0495 SN - 1600-5775 VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 289 EP - 294 PB - Blackwell Publishing CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-22121 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -