Which is why it's a great relief to finally be able to talk about the Atlantis titanium crown abutments that we have been working on in the lab in Beta trials with Atlantis abutments and Dentsply implants.
For many years there has been a struggle to get a good aesthetic result and stable bond to titanium which is why most labs have tended to stay with the bonding alloys or chrome which we know well and avoid the potential for aesthetic issues that early titanium bonding systems could produce.
However, when it comes to implants there is undoubtedly an advantage to using titanium as the substructure materials for our bonded crowns and, during our in house testing we have been getting fantastic results with the Duceram Kiss porcelain which has been specially developed for fusing to titanium which ensures beautiful aesthetics and a strong stable bond.
Atlantis abutments, which are supplied by Dentsply implants have up until now only been available as a crown abutment (meaning a nucleus design that is intended to have ceramic layered and fired directly onto it, rather than a cement retained crown) in zirconia material, which although a good materials is not what we might want in certain restorative situations.
Kiss ceramic was not the only system we were trialling on on these cases (although the results with this have been very impressive) we also have another system as we want to really test these new abutments and see if we can generate any problems. We will share more on the other ceramic systems on the many implant cases that our surgeons are now restoring using the titanium crown abutment.
Maximum strength & biocompatibility
For us this is a very exciting day, we now are able to offer our surgeons the opportunity to use the most biocompatible material available when restoring their implants, with the confidence of a great aesthetic result and bond strength as our tests have so far shown no negative outcomes.
This is how the new atlantis titanium crown abutment comes back to the lab.
You can see on the case that this is indeed a milled Atlantis titanium crown abutment.
We used the 3D editor in the Atlantis WebOrder to ensure we had the support and design we wanted for the final crown, which you can see in the images below.
The other great news is that we can offer the new titanium bonded screw retained crowns at the same cost as our screw retained chrome units, which on average also save the surgeon £80 compared to traditional cast gold screw retained crowns, and even more when compared to cement retained implant solutions.
No compromise
Once again we are managing to utilise CAD/CAM to deliver a restoration that is of a higher quality and biocompatibility than the traditional cast gold options, and also offer a significant cost saving purely on the efficiency and consistency that CAD/CAM technology offers us. This new option to our clients ties in perfectly with our belief in delivering the widest range of excellent restorative solutions and doing all we can to eliminate compromise.
No Cement to clear at fit
As the ceramic is fired directly to the abutment you have a one piece implant crown solution where you screw down the crown and then fill the access hole with composite, which also makes it easier to retrieve the crown or get to the screw should you ever need to.
Final result
This solutions is still not widely available so if you would like to offer Titanium bonded implant restorations to your patients then get in touch with Sean on 01765 607347 or email sean@ambridgeceramics.com and he will get all the details to you
Very interesting. The images helped a lot as I got to clearly understand how these works. Thank you. But I was wondering about it's maintenance, like oral hygiene-wise?
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such a useful information about Atlantis Abutments, your information will show the guidance. keep it up!
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