Preventing dental implant infections

Monday, November 2, 2015 - 08:00 in Health & Medicine

One million dental implants are inserted every year in Germany, and often they need to be replaced due to issues such as tissue infections caused by bacteria. In the future, these infections will be prevented thanks to a new plasma implant coating that kills pathogens using silver ions.

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