Straumann Scientific Highlights, Issue No. 5/2020
In the current issue of the newsletter, we would like to draw your attention to the research articles published in July and August 2020
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Editor’s choice:
In this issue, the editor’s choice is the article by El Kholy K et al., published in the journal; Materials (Basel)2020 Aug 3;13(15):3421.
The article investigated the effect of titanium surface hydrophilicity on the response of human neutrophils by monitoring oxygen radical production, which was measured as chemiluminescence activity.
The results suggested that the surface hydrophilicity promotes enhanced adsorption of serum proteins, which leads to the decreased provocation of initial immune cells and reduction of local oxygen radical production during wound healing. This can help explain the faster osseointegration demonstrated by hydrophilic titanium implants.