Monday 30 June 2014

Titanium screw retained implant crowns

In the recent months many of our surgeons have been benefitting from the biological advantages of our porcelain fused to titanium implant crowns.

We have been working as a Beta lab providing these in advance of the official UK and European launch later this year.

Together we have catalogued many of these cases and they will be released after the official UK launch later this year but can give sneak preview of some of our work here.

One of the cases was this one we produced for Dr Papadopoulos where he had created the emergence profile that he wanted copying and captured that using a custom pickup which we could copy when producing the final crown.


Dr Papadopoulos shares his experience with this new solution

"Screw retained titanium bonded implant crowns provide an excellent restorative solution in many clinical situations.

Atlantis screw retained abutments feature a unique patient based anatomical shape and an optimal emergence profile. This provides excellent soft tissue support necessary for the long term success of the implant supported restoration. Soft tissue conditioning combined with Atlantis based final restorative option provides an outstanding aesthetic outcome.

A major advantage of a custom milled titanium abutment over a traditionally available milled screw-retained Zirconia abutment is proven strength and biocompatibility due to hemidesmosomal tissue attachment. Conventional advantages of screw-retained implant supported crowns include more straight forward fitting procedure, no use of cement at fit, ease of retrievability and ability to use them in cases with short restorative space.

New ceramic systems have overcome traditional issues with bonding to titanium and provide an outstanding aesthetic outcome.

Another major advantage in the current economic climate is that this is one of the most cost effective restorative options available to date.

The team at Ambridge Ceramics is very experienced with implant-supported restorations, and is always available for case discussion and laboratory based input which is always extremely helpful in treatment planning.

I am very pleased with the results I get working with Ambridge Ceramics and can highly recommend them."  

                     Dr Kostas Papadopoulos BDS, MDentSci Rest Dent.
                                                Bupa Dental Centre, Canary Wharf.

After the official UK launch we will be able to share many more cases that have been catalogued by our surgical partners throughout the UK.

The results have been brilliant, with our ceramic team relishing the challenges of working with these new CAD/CAM solutions to produce some beautiful screw retained implant crowns with the advantage of being milled from a biocompatible material.

With this in mind we design the abutments to leave titanium against the tissues sub gingivally to ensure maximum biocompatibility and reduced risk of any tissue irritation by composite or ceramic material being deep sub gingival, which if not finished and polished correctly could attract plaque and lead to future complications.

By using using the Atlantis custom milled titanium abutments we can continue to ensure the quality and reassurance that comes from the leading worldwide provider of milled custom abutments, along with a comprehensive warranty covering both the abutment and fixture that it is restored upon.

In addition to the clinical benefits there is a significant cost saving to using these clinically superior crowns, for example you could be wasting well over £100 per fixture compared to a traditional cast screw retained crown, as shown below.






It could be surprising to see how much your traditional screw retained crowns are costing you.



Traditional cast gold methods




CAD/CAM Titanium Option



Or much more on larger molar cases where more metal is needed to support the porcelain work.



But with Atlantis CAD/CAM Screw Retained Implant Crowns you have the benefit of consistent cost effective pricing, regardless of the size of the crown.

Screw retained titanium crowns save well over £100 per fixture restored.


One price, regardless go implant fixture which makes it very easy to work out your lab costs





With this being an Atlantis milled titanium abutment you also have the benefit of their market leading milling quality that is backed by a lifetime warranty on both the abutment and the fixture it is restoring.

Clinically superior and consistently cost effective.




We have been working with Atlantis from it's initial launch in the UK and have more information on all the benefits of this system on our Atlantis abutment page
If you would like a price comparisson for your implant system or would like to offer porcelain fused to titanium screw retained crowns to your patients then please give us a call on 01765 607347 or email sean@ambridgeceramics.com 

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