DIO and Straumann

What is a Dental Implant?
When a patient looses a tooth or many teeth, the best sand alone, non-removable, strongest and best looking option for replacing teeth is dental implants. To date, dental implants offer the most comparable, bio-compatible tooth replacement option available. Dental implants are essentially artificial tooth roots that are submerged a patients jaw bone in the area of a missing tooth to provide a foundation for a replacement tooth/teeth that look and function like natural teeth! During the process of healing after a tooth has been lost, a patient’s jaw bone will become thinner and thinner. If the bone becomes too thin – many times patient’s can still have implants, but there is generally a requirement to undertake grafting of the site to ensure the implant’s surrounding bone and gums are stable and healthy.

What Implants do we use at Avenue Dental, and why?
At Avenue Dental, we are very particular about the types of implants we offer our patients. When assessing an implant system’s characteristics for potential use, our skilled clinicians look at a number of factors including but not limited to:
Proven track record of long term clinical success;
Implant material biocompatibility;
The system’s ease of use, comfort and predictability;
Ease of professional and home maintenance;
Excellent aesthetic and functional outcomes; &
Ongoing support from the implant manufacturer.

For these reasons, our clinicians have chosen two world class systems – DIO (South Korea) and Straumann (Switzerland).

Why do we use DIO & Straumann Implant Systems?
Both implant systems offer:
• Excellent material biocompatibility;
• Excellent strength and fracture resistance;
• Proven production methods and enhanced surface characteristics which promote stability and rapid bone healing onto the implant surfaces;
• Physical characteristics which act to reduce complication rates;
• Excellent handling characteristics & versatility;
• The ability to utilise CAD-CAM & 3D imaging to plan the final tooth before surgery and also to utilise guided surgery approaches.
• The ability to enable all-on-four dente-oral rehabilitation; &
• Breathtaking futuristic digital workflows and integrated Australian based labs allowing use of intra-oral scanners with data transmitted via the internet allow clinicians and ceramists to jointly plan implant placement and restoration.

What are our goals for our Patients in receiving Implant Treatment?
In short, our overall goals are patient focused – it’s all about you! We will only use the best, in order to ensure our patients enjoy:
• Comfortable and painless implant placement procedure & restorative phases;
• Excellent aesthetics – great looking implant teeth!;
• Excellent long term strength and stability – strong implant teeth for optimum functionality;
• Long term support and peace of mind of being cared for by skilled clinicians long after your implants are placed; &
• Ease and predictability in long term maintenance.

If you’d like to find out more our teams offer a Free Dental Implant Consultations at Caloundra, Kawana, Maroochydore, Bli Bli, North Lakes, Baringa, Sippy Downs, Tewantin, Murrumba Downs, Beerwah and Woolloongabba.