Is there a difference between Titanium and Zirconia in terms of plaque and bacteria adhesion?

Q: Is there a difference between Titanium and Zirconia in terms of plaque and bacteria adhesion?

Opinion of EACim experts The opinion will be published soon after approval by the Scientific Committee. Scientific literature Scarano A, Piattelli M, Caputi S, Favero GA, Piattelli A : Bacterial adhesion on commercially pure titanium and zirconium oxide disks : an in vivo human study. J Periodontol 2004 ; 75(2) : 292-296. Höllander J, Lorenz J, Stübinger S Hölscher W, Heidemann D, Ghanaati S, Sader R. Zirconia dental implants : investigation of clinical parameters, pateint satisfaction and microbial contamination. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2016 Jul-Aug;31(4):855-64. Research Article "Influence of Surface Properties on Adhesion Forces and Attachment of Streptococcus mutans to Zirconia In Vitro" Pei Yu, Chuanyong Wang, Jinglin Zhou, Li Jiang, Jing Xue, and Wei Li,State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Received 8 August 2016; Accepted 10 October 2016 [fusion_button link="/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Article-PEI-YU-2016.pdf" text_transform="" title="" target="_self" link_attributes="" alignment="" modal="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" color="custom" button_gradient_top_color="#04486b" button_gradient_bottom_color="#04486b" button_gradient_top_color_hover="#2898a0" button_gradient_bottom_color_hover="#2898a0" accent_color="#ffffff" accent_hover_color="#ffffff" type="" bevel_color="" border_width="" size="" stretch="default" shape="" icon="fa-download fas" icon_position="left" icon_divider="no" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""]DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE[/fusion_button]