Evaluation of the safety and efficiency of novel metallic implant scaler tips manufactured by the powder injection molding technique

Table 1 Physical properties of the materials used in this study

	CU	BR	316 L	SS	Ti (VI)
Hardness (HV)	90	120	190	537	280
Density (g/cm³)	8.7	8.6	7.6	8.0	4.51^a
Modulus of Elasticity (GPa)	103	115	193	224	105^a

The physical properties of scaler tips were provided by manufacturer
^aMaterial Property Data, Titanium Grade 4 (http://matweb.com/search/DataSheet.aspx?MatGUID=4b86c47a545247afae3da55d62381f89)

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