Dental Applications Of Titanium And Titanium Alloys

Titanium and titanium alloys have good corrosion resistance, and titanium is non-toxic and non-magnetic, making it a good choice for medical instruments. In the history of the development of surgical instruments, the first generation of surgical instruments were made of carbon steel, which was eliminated because the performance after plating could not meet the requirements of clinical use. The second generation has austenitic, ferritic and martensitic stainless steel surgical instruments, but the chromium in the stainless steel composition is toxic, and its chromium plating layer has a certain impact on the human body, therefore, there is a third generation - titanium surgical instruments.