CERALOG Implant System offers natural aesthetics

The implants offer a high level of predictability and provide aesthetically pleasing results, according to the company. The two-piece design of the system, which allows for screw-retained prostheses, provides many benefits.

Owing to the simplified prostheses, lean instrumentation and clearly structured surgical procedure, the CERALOG Implant System is easy to use. Options for the treatment workflow include flexible trans- or submucosal healing of the two-piece CERALOG Hexalobe Implant and transmucosal healing of the CERALOG Monobloc Implant.

The implants are made of yttria-stabilised tetragonal zirconia, which is a ceramic widely used in the dental industry. The ivory colour of the material, which is very close to that of a natural tooth, and the properties of zirconia lead to natural-looking results. Zirconia is chemically inert, making it especially suitable as an implant material. Owing to the manufacturing process of ceramic injection moulding, it offers an outstanding combination of excellent mechanical properties and high strength, according to the company.

The CERALOG Hexalobe offers the ideal implant–abutment connection. It was developed and optimised specifically for the zirconia implant. The force transmission is introduced optimally into the implant. Furthermore, the design offers rotational stability and precise manufacturing ensures a long-term stable outcome of the restoration.

The prostheses of the CERALOG Implant System consist of straight and angled abutments made of the polymer polyether ketone ketone (PEKK). The abutment is fixed to the implant via either a titanium or a gold screw. PEKK is easily processed with conventional milling equipment and belongs to the polyaryl ether ketone polymer family. These materials are required and used for extreme conditions, for example in automotive engineering, the aerospace industry and medical engineering. Because of their chemical structure, they offer tensile strength, rigidity and hydrolysis resistance. In addition to its long-standing use in orthopaedics, PEKK covers a broad spectrum of indications in dentistry, such as in restorations where stress shielding has to be reduced. The ductility of PEKK reduces the stress on the implant and simulates a tooth-like behaviour.

To learn more about CAMLOG’s products, EAO 2018 visitors are welcome to stop at Booth G12.

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