Straumann
A Swiss dental implant manufacturer, among the most widely used and most extensively documented systems in implant dentistry.
- Manufacturer
- Institut Straumann AG
- Manufacturer's site
- www.straumann.com
Institut Straumann AG is a Swiss manufacturer of dental implants, prosthetic components and regenerative materials. Its implant systems are among the most widely used internationally and have been the subject of a large body of published clinical follow-up.
The range includes titanium implants and the Roxolid titanium-zirconium alloy, with surface treatments intended to shorten the time bone takes to integrate with the implant.
The practical reason a system’s documentation matters is not marketing. It is that a widely used implant is one another dentist can identify and find matching parts for years later — which is what you need if a crown needs replacing or an abutment loosens after you have gone home. Whichever system is used, ask for the implant’s make, model and reference number in writing. That record is what makes future treatment straightforward anywhere in the world, and any clinic should provide it without being pressed.
Naming a manufacturer is not a claim that one system produces a better result than another. Outcomes depend far more on planning, on the surgery itself and on how you heal than on whose system is used. Ask for the make, model and reference number of anything implanted, in writing, before you travel home.
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