(University of the Western Cape, 2017) Aborass, Marwa A. EL-Mehde; Peck, M.T.; Holmes, H.
Dental implants are artificial fixtures that are surgically inserted into the jaws to replace
missing teeth. The success of dental implant treatment is dependent on achieving successful
osseointegration (Branemark et al. 2001). Drills used for implant site preparation are made of
different materials such as stainless steel (SS), zirconia and ceramic. Most of them do not
have sufficient cutting efficiency and wear resistance (Oliveira et al. 2012). Recently
diamond-like carbon coating (DLC) has been added as a drill coating to increase the cutting
efficiency, increase wear resistance and drill hardness (Batista Mends et al. 2014).