“…In fact, this has been the subject of several investigations in clinical dentistry 4 . Among the surface treatment techniques, the most reported are: plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition 5 , conventional ion implantation [15][16][17][18][19] , plasma source nitrogen ion implantation 20 , conventional nitriding 21 , conventional plasma nitriding 22,23 , intensified plasma ion nitriding 24 , physical and chemical vapor deposition TiN films [25][26][27][28] , powder immersion reaction assisted coating method 29 , laser heating 30,31 as well as combined techniques 32,33 . Improvement on the mechanical and tribological properties of c.p.…”