NOBEL BIOCARE

Nobel Biocare and its Branemark system have been at the forefront of dental implant development for over 50 years, and this trend continues to the present. The major breakthrough in implantation was made in 1952 by Per Ingvar Branemark, in Sweden, while investigating wound healing. By chance it was discovered that titanium was biocompatible and when surgically placed in bone, direct bone contact and complete healing occurred. This reaction of the bone to titanium was termed ‘osseointegration’.

The first screw shape implants were placed in patients in 1965. The technique was kept under research conditions and refined until 1985 when it was released to suitably trained practitioners, with the confidence of over 20 years research and development. Today, Nobel Biocare and its Branemark system are still the recognized market leaders with innovations like 'immediate loading' and 'same day teeth', allowing immediate replacement, restoration and functional loading of a dental implant following the loss of a natural tooth. The future is now.

IMTEC SENDAX MDI

Mini Dental Implants, also known as MDI's, are ultra-small biocompatible titanium alloy implant screws which have been developed in order to provide a high degree of denture stability for all those patients whose lives are adversely affected by loose, unstable dentures, who cannot withstand the rigours of conventional implant surgery, and who do not have enough bone to allow for full-sized implants to be placed.

A Manhattan dentist by the name of Victor I. Sendax designed and started utilizing his innovative technique in the mid 1970's. In 1998, Dr. Sendax, in association with Dr. Ronald A. Bulard, after countless hours of research and design modifications, brought to the dental profession the advanced implant concept now known as the MDI System.

Today, the Sendax MDI System from IMTEK Dental is the only implant system on the market which has US FDA approval for immediate permanent denture stabilization. Contemporary Smiles is your centre for permanent denture stabilization utilizing IMTEC Sendax MDI's.