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The aim of this study was to compare, in vitro, the efficacy of the electrolytic cleaning device GalvoSurge (GalvoSurge, GalvoSurge Dental AG, Widnau, Switzerland) with that of an air-abrasive AIRFLOW unit (AIRFLOW, Master PiezonVR, EMS Electro Medical Systems, Herrliberg, Switzerland). Thirty-two SLA-surfaced dental implants were allocated to two groups (n = 16) and contaminated with permanent ink, after which they were placed into jaw models representing two different defect configurations. After treatment, implants were photographed and, using ImageJ, the residual stain area\/percentage within a 4 mm region apical to the implant neck was calculated. Surface topography was further evaluated by SEM and EDS. In the two-way analysis of variance, the effect of the decontamination method was statistically significant. The GalvoSurge group exhibited a lower residual stain percentage than AIRFLOW (overall 28.47 \u00b1 10.13 vs. 37.14 \u00b1 9.60; p = 0.019). This difference was independent of defect type (p &gt; 0.05). These findings indicate that electrochemical cleaning via galvanic current may be more effective, under in vitro conditions, for stain removal and surface decontamination; however, they also demonstrate that residual contamination could not be completely eliminated irrespective of the method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jfb17040166","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]],"date-time":"2026-04-01T08:08:34Z","timestamp":1775030914000},"page":"166","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effect of Implant Surface Decontamination Procedures on Surface Morphology\u2014In Vitro Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Furkan","family":"\u00d6zay","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Oral Implantology Program, Institute of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Istanbul University, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8911-3885","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Selim","family":"Ersanl\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral Implantology, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Fatih, 34452 Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"387","DOI":"10.1016\/S0300-9785(81)80077-4","article-title":"A 15-year study of osseointegrated implants in the treatment of the edentulous jaw","volume":"10","author":"Adell","year":"1981","journal-title":"Int. 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