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The present status of dental titanium casting

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Experimentation in all aspects of titanium casting at universities and industries throughout the world for the last 20 years has made titanium and titanium-alloy casting nearly feasible for fabricating sound cast dental prostheses, including crowns, inlays, and partial and complete dentures. Titanium casting in dentistry has now almost reached the stage where it can seriously be considered as a new method to compete with dental casting using conventional noble and base-metal alloys. More than anything else, the strength of titanium’s appeal lies in its excellent biocompatibility, coupled with its comparatively low price and abundant supply. Research efforts to overcome some problems associated with this method, including studies on the development of new titanium alloys suitable for dental use, will continue at many research sites internationally.

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Toru Okabe earned his Ph.D. in metallurgical and materials engineering at the University of Florida in 1969. He is currently professor and chair of biomaterials science at Baylor College of Dentistry. Dr. Okabe is a member of TMS.

Chikahiro Ohkubo earned his Ph.D. in removable prosthodontics and his D.M.D. in dentistry at Tsurumi University in 1989 and 1985, respectively. He is currently an instructor at the School of Dental Medicine at Tsurumi University in Yokohama, Japan.

Ikuya Watanabe earned his Ph.D. in dental science at Nagasaki University in 1995. He is currently working at Nagasaki University, Japan.

Osamu Okuno earned his Ph.D. in engineering at Waseda University in 1976. He is currently a professor and chair in the Department of Dental Materials Science, School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Japan.

Yukyo Takada earned his Ph.D. in engineering at Waseda University in 1991. He is currently assistant professor in the Department of Dental Materials Science, School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Japan.

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Okabe, T., Ohkubo, C., Watanabe, I. et al. The present status of dental titanium casting. JOM 50, 24–29 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-998-0410-7

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