Table 1 Abutment materials and their contents used in the study.

From: In-vitro evaluation of the effectiveness of various disinfection procedures in reducing biofilm formation on customized implant abutments of different designs

Test groups

Abutment type

Abutment material

Production procedure

Manufacturer

Group Ti-Base

Prefabricated

Titanium Grade 5 (Ti6Al4V)

Prefabricated samples produced by the manufacturer were used.

Zimmer Dental, Carlsbad, CA, USA.

Group Ti

One piece (Monoblock)

Titanium Grade 5 (Ti6Al4V)

Produced as a monoblock with CAD/CAM milling.

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Group Zir

Two parts (Hybrid)

Ti-Base + Zirconia (Ti6Al4V+Y-TZP

The zirconia coping produced by CAD/CAM milling was bonded with resin cement on the prefabricated ti-base abutment.

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  1. Ti: Titanium, Zir: Zirconia, Y-TZP: Yttrium partially stabilized zirconia ceramic, Al: Aluminium, V: Vanadium, CAD/CAM: Computer-aided design / Computer-aided manufacturing.
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