Implants

SBO has been working with implants from 1989.

We have gained valuable experience in managing any case, whether it may be a single zirconia crown on a custom implant abutment, a bar retained over denture or a full upper and lower reconstruction

We can manage the case from the initial impression, diagnostic stages and stents through to the final placement if required.
Tried and Tested Protocols are the key to success and predictable results.
We can work on any system. In our experience most systems will work but its the protocols and planning we use that makes for a successful case.

Click here to see the implant protocol flowchart we use for larger cases.

Implant Protocol Flowchart
These are some of the more common systems we work with:
  • Nobel
  • Straumann - Platinum Laboratory
  • 3i
  • Ankylos
  • Frialit
  • Astra/Atlantis
  • Bicon
  • Implant Direct
  • Megagen
  • Bio-Horizon
  • Zimmer
  • Camlog
  • Southern
  • Osstem

As past speakers for Frialit 2, Atlantis, Atlantis Isus and Branemark we feel uniquely qualified in supplying Dentists and their Patients with only the very highest quality implant crowns, bridges and dentures. 
Hybrid acrylic with milled titanium on branemark implants

Hybrid Bridge on milled Titanium Framework

Finished case.... note gum tinting

Another View. Full arch implant bridge with Cendres Metaux titanium framework, Heraeus acrylic teeth , Enigma acrylic and gum tinting
Ti -Base Abutments
 A Further innovation for custom abutments is to use a Ti-base. This is a cost effective alternative to other CAD-CAM custom abutments. The interface is titanium with the core made of zirconia. The core part of the abutment is luted to the Ti-base in the laboratory. It can be used as a screw retained implant crown or a custom abutment with a cemented crown. We have produced many of these abutment with great success. Call lab for full details of the substantial savings that can be made.
Dental Implant Abutments
There are a variety of ways for us to make implant abutments. We often make cast custom implant abutments using a cast-on UCLA, however modern technology has allowed us to move more and more towads CADCAM implant abutments. This allows us to design and then manufacture all titanium or all ceramic abtuments. This has the advantage that the abutment is often lower cost PLUS more biocampatible as the critical abutment/implant interface is titanium, rather than having gold as is common with a regular cast custom abutment.


  Titanium milled Dolder Bar for Overdenture

  Locator abutments on Atlantis titanium milled bar 
This is a good option if you need a flange but need an open palate. This case is bar / implant borne all the load is transferred from the soft tissues to the bar hence the very strong ,thicker milled bar.

The palate on this case was extended a little more than normal as the patient was a bruxist and surgeon wanted a little more stability.

The acrylic was processed then layered with a variety of pink composites
Titanium Milled Framework

Solve screw retained angle problems without the need for angled abutments.

With milled cad-cam frameworks you can correct angles up to 20deg without the need for angled abutments.
Due to a unique screw and driver design, bridgework can be screwed directly to fixture head.
We have found these bridges to be very useful. Using angled abutments on screwed retained bridgework can be fraught with problems not least, locating the abutment in the correct position especially if you have multiple corrections in the same arch.
These framework provide a cheaper and easier solution to angled abutments with superb fit and passivity.

Acrylic frame with the copy milled in titanium on Astra
Titanium milled framework showing support for acrylic
 
ALL ON 4
We offer a portable ALL on 4 service to help with your Denture -Bridge convertion on day of implant placement. We can cover most areas of the U.K.
Call and speak to Keith for details.
This is an area of dentistry we love as we can see first hand the transformation achieved and the delight on the patients faces.
Lower Implant Bridge on 4 implants


A Difficult Implant Case
The following case was made with Gradia composite




 The patient had lost a considerable amount of bone. Implants were then placed and sent to the laboratory for construction. each implant abutment was carefully trimmed to be parallel









We built up support in the metal framework on the implant abutments, then added Gradia composite to full contour. An implant denture was considered but the patient required a fixed implant bridge.








The final result showing excellent lip support from the implant bridge.

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