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. 2016 May 27;8(2):117–125. doi: 10.1038/ijos.2016.5

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Pre- and post-immersion EDX elemental analysis of the contacting surfaces of implants and their opposing abutments in weight. Elemental analysis of an implant connected to a platform-matched titanium abutment and an implant connected to a platform-switched cobalt–chrome abutment before and after immersion for 1 week at 37° in 1% lactic acid solution. (a) Titanium abutment; (b) Cobalt–chrome abutment. The results are expressed as mean composition in weight±standard deviation. n=2. Al, aluminium; Cr, chromium; Co, cobalt; EDX, energy dispersive spectroscopy X-ray; Mo, molybdenum; Si, silicon; Ti, titanium; V, vanadium; W, tungsten.