A
role for surface topography in creating and maintaining
bone at titanium endosseous implants (Lyndon F. Cooper,
DDS, PhD a School of Dentistry, The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.)
This
review considers the major claims made concerning the
effects of commercially pure (cp) titanium implant surface
topography on osseointegration. Important findings of
consensus are highlighted, and existing controversies
are revealed. (JPD 2000; 84; 522-34.)
