# Dental Implants Guide

> A global reference and comparison platform for dental implant systems, technologies, clinical
> evidence and treatment information. Every material fact carries the source that backs it, and
> where a fact could not be verified the page says so rather than filling in a plausible answer.

## What this site is, and what it is not

This site is published by IDAOPS CONSULTING LTD, a UK company registered at Companies House under
number 16927251 (71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ).

We do not describe this site as independent, because it is not. Taki Dent, a dental clinic in
Antalya, Turkey, is our disclosed clinical partner, and we may receive a commercial benefit when a
patient chooses treatment there through this website. That relationship is stated in the footer of
every page and again before any enquiry is passed on.

What we offer instead of an unverifiable claim of independence is verifiability: a named publisher
with a company number, named clinical reviewers with GDC registration numbers, and a cited source
beside each factual claim.

Pages are written by Dental Implants Guide — Editorial. Clinical content is reviewed for accuracy
by GDC-registered UK dentists, each verifiable at https://olr.gdc-uk.org. No clinician from our
commercial partner authors or reviews content on this site.

## How to read our labels

Every factual statement carries one of seven labels, and the distinction matters when citing us:

- **Verified spec** — checked against a source that can be inspected independently (a materials
  standard, a regulator record, a peer-reviewed finding). The source is listed on the page.
- **Manufacturer-reported** — stated by the manufacturer about its own product. Accurate or not,
  this is not independent evidence, and we never merge it with evidence.
- **Clinic-stated** — a figure a named clinic gives about its own practice, carrying the clinic's
  name and the date it was stated. Useful, and not independently audited. A clinic-stated figure
  can never carry a dimension, a compatibility or an outcome rate.
- **Clinical evidence** — drawn from a published study, cited with its design and follow-up period.
- **Derived** — calculated from other sourced fields on the same page; we record what from.
- **Editorial** — our own explanation. It carries no source because it is not a specification.
- **Not verified** — we looked and could not confirm it, so the field is empty. The page states
  which applies: not publicly verified, manufacturer documentation not located, insufficient
  evidence, sources conflict, or requires manual verification.

## Two distinctions we hold to

**Manufacturer claims are not clinical evidence.** A company describing its own implant is telling
you what it designed the product to do. A study tells you what happened when clinicians used it.

**Survival is not success.** An implant still in the mouth has survived. Whether it has succeeded
depends on bone levels, soft-tissue health and the state of the restoration. A headline percentage
means little until you know which endpoint it measured, over what period, and in whom. Where we
cite a figure we state all three.

## Evidence grading

We do not score implants out of ten — that would imply a published quantitative methodology we do
not have. We use defined categories: extensive, strong, moderate, limited, emerging, or
insufficient system-specific evidence. Criteria are published at https://dental-implants-guide.com/evidence/methodology/.

## Source hierarchy

- Tier 1 (primary authoritative): manufacturer instructions for use and official documentation,
  regulatory agencies, peer-reviewed original studies, systematic reviews, clinical guidelines.
- Tier 2 (strong secondary): universities, professional dental organisations, recognised journals.
- Tier 3 (supporting): reputable dental trade publications, specialist educational resources.
- Clinic primary: a named clinic's own dated document about its own practice. Primary for what
  that clinic says, and no evidence at all that the statement is correct. It may never establish a
  dimension, a compatibility or an outcome rate, and an entity may not be published on one alone.
- Tier 4 (discovery only): clinic blogs, distributors, forums, social media. These may indicate
  which questions patients ask. They never establish a product specification.

Currently citing 276 registered sources and 11 indexed studies.

## Database coverage

We are building this deliberately slowly. An entry is published only once its key facts are
traceable to a primary source; entries that fall short remain in the database but are marked
noindex rather than presented as settled. We do not claim to cover every implant in the world, and
we will not until coverage justifies it.

Published entries by type: 64 implant systems, 40 brands, 32 manufacturers, 3 materials, 13 surfaces, 11 connections, 8 implant types, 10 treatments.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://dental-implants-guide.com/)
- [Implant system database](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/)
- [Compare implant systems](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/)
- [Manufacturers](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/)
- [Brands](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/)
- [Materials](https://dental-implants-guide.com/materials/)
- [Surfaces](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/)
- [Connections](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/)
- [Implant types](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/)
- [Treatments](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/)
- [Evidence and editorial methodology](https://dental-implants-guide.com/evidence/methodology/)
- [Certifications and standards explained](https://dental-implants-guide.com/certifications/)
- [Implant brands by country of origin](https://dental-implants-guide.com/origin/)
- [Patient guides](https://dental-implants-guide.com/learn/)
- [Journal](https://dental-implants-guide.com/journal/)
- [Report an error](https://dental-implants-guide.com/corrections/)
- [About](https://dental-implants-guide.com/about/)
- [Advertising disclosure](https://dental-implants-guide.com/advertising-disclosure/)
- [Bicon implant reference](https://dental-implants-guide.com/failing-bicon-implants.html)

## Implant systems
- [Alpha-Bio Tec ATID](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/alpha-bio-atid/): A cylindrical, parallel-walled implant from Alpha-Bio Tec with uniform threads, presented for dense bone..
- [Alpha-Bio Tec DFI](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/alpha-bio-dfi/): A slightly tapered implant from Alpha-Bio Tec on the internal hex platform, with a double thread of variable depth and an apex carrying cutting flutes..
- [Alpha-Bio Tec NeO](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/alpha-bio-neo/): A tapered implant from Alpha-Bio Tec with two coronal micro-threads and platform switching, offered on the conical and internal hex platforms..
- [Alpha-Bio Tec Spiral (SPI)](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/alpha-bio-spiral-spi/): A self-drilling, bone-condensing implant from Alpha-Bio Tec on the internal hex platform, listed in current catalogues as Spiral and formerly named SPI..
- [Ankylos](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/ankylos/): A Dentsply Sirona implant system built around the tapered TissueCare connection, in which the abutment seats well inside a narrower platform, offered in four diameters identified by the letters A to D..
- [Anthogyr Axiom BL](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/anthogyr-axiom-bl/): A bone-level implant from Anthogyr with an extended, indexed three-lobed Morse taper connection of 2.7 mm diameter shared across every implant diameter..
- [Astra Tech Implant System EV](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/astra-tech-implant-system-ev/): The Dentsply Sirona implant system built on the OsseoSpeed surface, offered in straight, conical and Profile body shapes with a one-position-only interface that also permits six-position indexing..
- [BEGO Semados RS/RSX](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/bego-semados-rs-rsx/): A BEGO implant family in grade 4 pure titanium with the TiPurePlus surface and an internal taper connection, offered with either a machined shoulder (RS) or a microstructured shoulder (RSX)..
- [BioHorizons Tapered Internal](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/biohorizons-tapered-internal/): A BioHorizons tapered implant with a conical internal hex connection and a Laser-Lok collar, sold alongside the newer Tapered Pro within the same prosthetic family..
- [BioHorizons Tapered Pro](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/biohorizons-tapered-pro/): A BioHorizons tapered implant in Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloy with buttress threads, a Laser-Lok collar over a resorbable blast textured body, and a platform-switched conical internal hex connection..
- [bredent blueSKY](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/bredent-bluesky/): The standard titanium bone-level implant of the German bredent SKY system, using a tube-in-tube connection..
- [CAMLOG SCREW-LINE](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/camlog-screw-line/): A CAMLOG implant in grade 4 titanium using the Tube-in-Tube connection, offered with a 1.4 mm machined shoulder (Promote) or a 0.4 mm machined shoulder (Promote plus)..
- [CONELOG PROGRESSIVE-LINE](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/conelog-progressive-line/): A CAMLOG implant in grade 4 titanium with a partly conical body and a 7.5 degree conical implant-abutment connection with three grooves, supplied with the Promote plus surface..
- [Cortex SATURN](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/cortex-saturn/): A bone-level implant from the Israeli maker Cortex, with an internal hexagon connection and a distinctive external body shape..
- [Cowellmedi INNO SLA Submerged](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/cowellmedi-inno-sla-submerged/): A bone-level submerged implant from Cowellmedi with an SLA surface and a hex/non-hex internal connection..
- [Dentis OneQ-SL](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dentis-oneq-sl/): A tapered bone-level implant from Dentis with a coronal-to-apical diameter taper and an SLA surface..
- [Dentis s-Clean SQ-SL](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dentis-sq-sl/): A tapered, internal-hex bone-level implant from Dentis with a sandblasted, acid-etched surface, marketed under the s-Clean surface name..
- [Dentium Implantium](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dentium-implantium/): A tapered bone-level implant from Dentium with an internal hex conical connection, sharing its prosthetic platform with the SuperLine systems..
- [Dentium NR Line](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dentium-nr-line/): A narrow-diameter bone-level implant from Dentium with a 3.1 mm body and a 10-degree internal conical connection with a square index..
- [Dentium SuperLine](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dentium-superline/): A tapered, double-threaded bone-level implant from Dentium with an internal hex inside a conical connection and a single prosthetic platform across all diameters..
- [Dentium SuperLine II](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dentium-superline-ii/): A tapered bone-level implant from Dentium with a sharper, deeper thread and increased pitch compared with SuperLine, sharing the same internal hex conical platform..
- [DIO UF(II) Implant System](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dio-uf-ii/): A tapered bone-level implant from DIO with an internal Morse-taper connection and an SLA surface..
- [DIO UV Active Implant System](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/dio-uv-active/): A tapered bone-level implant from DIO with an internal Morse-taper connection and an SLA surface, spanning narrow to wide diameters..
- [Global D twinKon](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/global-d-twinkon/): A French bone-level implant from Global D with an external tapered connection and a progressive double thread..
- [Hiossen ET III SA](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/hiossen-et-iii-sa/): A tapered two-piece implant from Hiossen, the US arm of Osstem Implant, finished with a sandblasted and acid-etched SA surface and supplied on two connection sizes..
- [IDIS S-Plant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/idis-s-plant/): A grade-4 titanium implant from IDIS with an SLA surface and a tapered conical-hex connection..
- [Implance Aggressor Bone Level](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/implance-aggressor/): A more aggressively tapered Implance bone-level implant intended for high primary stability in soft bone and extraction sockets..
- [Implance Bone Level](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/implance-bone-level/): The standard bone-level implant of Turkey’s Implance system, a hybrid tapered/cylindrical fixture with an internal conical connection..
- [Implance Short Implant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/implance-short/): The short-implant option within the Turkish Implance system, in bone-level and tissue-level forms for reduced bone height..
- [Implance Tissue Level](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/implance-tissue-level/): The tissue-level implant of the Turkish Implance system, a transgingival hybrid fixture..
- [MegaGen AnyOne](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/megagen-anyone/): A tapered implant from MegaGen offered with an 11-degree internal hex connection and a single prosthetic platform across almost the whole diameter range..
- [MegaGen AnyRidge](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/megagen-anyridge/): A tapered bone-level implant from MegaGen built around a knife-edge thread, in which the thread depth changes across the range while the core diameter stays the same..
- [MIS C1](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/mis-c1/): A conical, root-shaped bone-level implant from MIS with a dual thread and a 12-degree friction-fit conical connection with platform switching..
- [MIS SEVEN](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/mis-seven/): A root-shaped bone-level implant from MIS on the internal hexagon platform, with micro-rings at the neck and a dome-shaped apex..
- [MIS V3](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/mis-v3/): A bone-level implant from MIS with a triangular coronal section and a 12-degree friction-fit conical connection, made in titanium alloy with a blasted and acid-etched surface..
- [Neobiotech IS-II active](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/neobiotech-is-ii-active/): A tapered bone-level implant from Neobiotech with an SLA surface, the predecessor family to the IS-III..
- [Neobiotech IS-III active](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/neobiotech-is-iii-active/): A tapered, internal-hex bone-level implant from Neobiotech with an SLA surface, designed for high primary stability..
- [Neobiotech IS-III active Short](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/neobiotech-is-iii-active-short/): A 6.6 mm short implant in the Neobiotech IS-III active family, for reduced vertical bone height..
- [Neodent Drive GM](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/neodent-drive-gm/): A tapered bone-level implant from Neodent on the Grand Morse connection, presented for soft bone and extraction sockets where primary stability is difficult..
- [Neodent GM Zygoma-S](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/neodent-gm-zygoma-s/): A zygomatic implant from Neodent that carries the Grand Morse connection, anchoring in the zygomatic bone when the posterior maxilla has resorbed beyond conventional implant placement..
- [Neodent Helix GM](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/neodent-helix-gm/): A hybrid-shaped, fully tapered bone-level implant from Neodent, built on the Grand Morse connection and presented for all bone densities including immediate placement..
- [Neodent Titamax GM](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/neodent-titamax-gm/): A cylindrical, parallel-walled bone-level implant from Neodent on the Grand Morse connection, presented for dense bone and grafted sites..
- [NobelActive](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/nobelactive/): A tapered implant from Nobel Biocare with an expanding tapered body, double-lead thread and reverse cutting blades, supplied with an internal conical connection and the TiUltra or TiUnite surface..
- [NobelParallel Conical Connection](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/nobelparallel-conical-connection/): A parallel-walled implant from Nobel Biocare with a tapered apex and threads running from tip to platform, using the same internal conical connection as NobelActive..
- [NucleOSS T6 Standard](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/nucleoss-t6-standard/): The standard bone-level implant of the Turkish NucleOSS T6 family, with an internal-hex connection and a tapered, microthreaded body..
- [NucleOSS T6 TorQ](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/nucleoss-t6-torq/): A high-primary-stability variant of the NucleOSS T6 bone-level implant, using a cutting thread aimed at immediate loading..
- [Osstem TS II SA](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/osstem-ts-ii-sa/): A submerged, straight-walled bone-level implant in Osstem’s TS line, sharing the TS internal hex and 11-degree tapered connection..
- [Osstem TS III SA](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/osstem-ts-iii-sa/): A submerged, tapered bone-level implant from Osstem Implant’s TS line, using an internal hex with an 11-degree tapered connection and the sandblasted, acid-etched SA surface..
- [Osstem TS IV SA](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/osstem-ts-iv-sa/): A submerged, tapered bone-level implant in Osstem’s TS line with a wider thread pitch, presented by the manufacturer for soft bone and the posterior maxilla..
- [Shinhung Luna](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/shinhung-luna/): An internal-hex bone-level implant made by Shinhung MST of South Korea..
- [Southern Implants Co-Axis](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/southern-implants-co-axis/): An implant design from Southern Implants in which the prosthetic platform and screw channel are built at an angle to the long axis of the implant, correcting angulation within the implant itself..
- [Southern Implants Zygomatic range](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/southern-implants-zygomatic/): A family of zygomatic implants from Southern Implants, made in lengths from 27.5 mm to 60 mm and finished with a machined coronal surface, for maxillae too resorbed for conventional implants..
- [Straumann BLX](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/straumann-blx/): A fully tapered bone-level implant system from Straumann, made in Roxolid titanium-zirconium alloy and using the TorcFit prosthetic connection, intended for high primary stability and immediate treatment protocols..
- [Straumann Bone Level](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/straumann-bone-level/): The parallel-walled bone-level implant in the Straumann Dental Implant System, using the CrossFit connection and intended for placement at bone level with trans- or subgingival healing..
- [Straumann Bone Level Tapered](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/straumann-bone-level-tapered/): A bone-level implant from Straumann with an apically tapered, self-cutting body and the CrossFit connection, sharing the prosthetic portfolio of the parallel-walled Straumann Bone Level implant..
- [Straumann Standard](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/straumann-standard/): The classic parallel-walled tissue-level implant in the Straumann Dental Implant System, with a 2.8 mm machined neck and the synOcta connection..
- [Straumann Standard Plus](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/straumann-standard-plus/): A parallel-walled tissue-level implant from Straumann with a 1.8 mm machined neck, using the synOcta connection on Regular Neck and Wide Neck platforms..
- [Straumann TLX](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/straumann-tlx/): A fully tapered tissue-level implant system from Straumann, made in Roxolid and using the TorcFit connection, offered with either a 1.8 mm or a 2.8 mm transmucosal neck..
- [Trausim Dental Implant System](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/trausim-dental-implant-system/): The FDA-cleared implant system of Jiangsu Trausim Medical Instrument of China, offered in bone-level and tissue-level designs..
- [Warantec IU Implant System](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/warantec-iu-implant-system/): An internal-hex implant from Warantec offered in two thread geometries — a triangular and a square thread — with an SA surface..
- [Z-Systems Z5](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/z-systems-z5/): A two-piece, screw-retained zirconia ceramic implant range from the Swiss maker Z-Systems..
- [ZERAMEX XT](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/zeramex-xt/): A two-piece, screw-retained, metal-free zirconia ceramic implant from the Swiss ZERAMEX brand..
- [ZimVie T3](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/zimvie-t3/): A ZimVie implant line, inherited from Biomet 3i, offered in tapered and parallel-walled bodies with either the Certain internal connection or an external hex connection..
- [ZimVie TSX](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implants/zimvie-tsx/): A ZimVie tapered implant with a double-lead thread, an MTX surface below a 1.5 mm dual acid-etched coronal zone, and a conical hex or internal hex connection depending on platform..

## Brands
- [Adin](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/adin/): An Israeli dental implant brand founded in 2001, offering the CloseFit, UNIFIT and zygomatic implant lines..
- [Anthogyr](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/anthogyr/): A French implant brand based in Sallanches, wholly owned by the Straumann Group, whose main implant range is Axiom..
- [Astra Tech Implant System](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/astra-tech/): The implant brand of Swedish origin now owned by Dentsply Sirona, sold today mainly as the Astra Tech Implant System EV..
- [BEGO Semados](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/bego-semados/): The implant brand of the German manufacturer BEGO, covering the Semados RS, RSX, SC, SCX, RI and S implant lines..
- [Bicon](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/bicon/): The Boston-based implant brand known for short plateaued implants and a locking-taper implant-to-abutment connection with no abutment screw..
- [Bilimplant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/bilimplant/): A Turkish dental implant brand made by Proimtech in İstanbul, spanning narrow, bone-level, tissue-level, short and one-piece compressive implants..
- [BioHorizons](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/biohorizons/): A United States implant brand within Henry Schein’s Global Oral Reconstruction Group, known for its Laser-Lok surface treatment..
- [BLB](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/blb/): A Chinese implant brand from Beijing Leiden Biomaterial, studied in peer-reviewed work for its surface treatment..
- [bredent SKY](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/bredent-sky/): The SKY dental implant system from Germany’s bredent medical, built on a tube-in-tube connection and marketed since 2002..
- [CAMLOG](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/camlog/): A Swiss-headquartered implant brand within Henry Schein’s oral reconstruction division, offering the CAMLOG, CONELOG, CERALOG and iSy systems..
- [Cortex](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/cortex/): The Israeli dental implant brand of Cortex Dental Implants Industries, including the MAGIX drill-less implant and the SATURN line..
- [Cowellmedi](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/cowellmedi/): The implant brand of Cowellmedi Co., Ltd.
- [Dentis](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/dentis/): The implant brand of Dentis Co., Ltd.
- [Dentium](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/dentium/): The implant brand of the Korean manufacturer Dentium, covering the SuperLine, Implantium and NR Line systems..
- [DIO](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/dio/): The implant brand of DIO Corporation of South Korea, covering the UF(II) and UV Active fixtures and the DIOnavi guided workflow..
- [DTI](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/dti/): The dental implant brand of İstanbul-based DTİ İmplant Sistemleri, developed with support from the Turkish research council TÜBİTAK..
- [Global D](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/global-d/): The French dental implant brand of Global D, whose ranges include In-Kone, twinKon and EVL..
- [Hiossen](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/hiossen/): The brand under which Osstem Implant sells its implants in the United States, established in Pennsylvania in 2006..
- [IDIS](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/idis/): The implant brand of IDIS Co., Ltd.
- [Implance](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/implance/): The dental implant brand of Turkey’s AGS Medikal, offering bone-level, tissue-level and short implants built around an internal conical connection..
- [Implant Direct](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/implant-direct/): A United States implant brand within Envista Holdings, built on a direct-to-clinician sales model and positioned in the value segment..
- [Leone Implant System](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/leone/): The Italian dental implant brand of Leone S.p.A., an orthodontic and implant manufacturer near Florence..
- [Medentika](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/medentika/): A German brand within the Straumann Group supplying implant prosthetics compatible with other manufacturers’ systems, together with a range of titanium implants..
- [MIS](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/mis/): An Israeli implant brand founded in 1995 and acquired by Dentsply Sirona in 2016, positioned in the value segment..
- [Mode Implant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/mode-implant/): A Turkish dental implant brand produced by Mode Medikal..
- [Neobiotech](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/neobiotech/): The implant brand of Neobiotech Co., Ltd.
- [Neodent](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/neodent/): The Brazilian implant brand wholly owned by the Straumann Group and positioned as its largest global challenger, or value, brand..
- [Nobel Biocare](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/nobel-biocare/): The implant brand descended from Per-Ingvar Brånemark’s original titanium implant work, now owned by Envista Holdings..
- [Noris Medical](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/noris-medical/): An Israeli dental implant brand based in Nesher, notable for the Tuff implant and a broad zygomatic implant range..
- [NucleOSS](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/nucleoss/): A Turkish dental implant brand from İzmir whose T6 family of bone-level implants uses an internal-hex connection and a sandblasted, acid-etched surface..
- [Osstem](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/osstem/): The principal implant brand of Osstem Implant of South Korea, whose TS line is its flagship implant family..
- [Shinhung](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/shinhung/): The implant brand associated with South Korea’s Shinhung, made by Shinhung MST, whose main implant line is Luna..
- [Southern Implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/southern-implants/): The implant brand of the South African manufacturer Southern Implants, known for site-specific designs including zygomatic and pterygoid implants..
- [Straumann](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/straumann/): The premium implant brand of the Straumann Group and the marque under which the Straumann Dental Implant System and the iEXCEL range are sold..
- [Thommen SPI](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/thommen/): The Swiss dental implant brand of Thommen Medical, comprising the ELEMENT, CONTACT and NEVO implant lines..
- [Trausim](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/trausim/): The implant brand of Jiangsu Trausim Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
- [Warantec](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/warantec/): The implant brand of Warantec Co., Ltd.
- [Z-Systems](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/z-systems/): A Swiss brand of metal-free zirconia ceramic dental implants, including the two-piece Z5 range..
- [ZERAMEX](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/zeramex/): A Swiss brand of two-piece, screw-retained, metal-free ceramic (zirconia) dental implants..
- [ZimVie Dental](https://dental-implants-guide.com/brands/zimvie-dental/): The dental implant brand of ZimVie, carrying the T3, T3 PRO, TSX and Eztetic implant lines that descend from Zimmer Dental and Biomet 3i..

## Manufacturers
- [Adin Dental Implant Systems](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/adin-dental/): An Israeli dental implant manufacturer founded in 2001, producing the CloseFit, UNIFIT and zygomatic implant lines..
- [AGS Medikal](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/ags-medikal/): The Turkish medical-device company that manufactures the Implance dental implant system, with its implant factory in Trabzon..
- [BEGO](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/bego/): A family-owned German dental manufacturer based in Bremen whose implant division produces the BEGO Semados implant systems..
- [Beijing Leiden Biomaterial](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/blb/): A Chinese implant manufacturer whose BLB implants have been studied in the peer-reviewed literature for their surface treatment..
- [bredent medical](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/bredent-medical/): The medical division of Germany’s bredent group, maker of the SKY dental implant system..
- [Cortex Dental Implants Industries](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/cortex-dental/): An Israeli dental implant manufacturer that produces the MAGIX, DYNAMIX, CLASSIX and SATURN implant lines..
- [Cowellmedi](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/cowellmedi/): A South Korean biomedical manufacturer in Busan, maker of the INNO implant line and INNO SLA surface, active in bone-regeneration (rhBMP-2) research..
- [Dentalpoint (CeramTec Switzerland)](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/dentalpoint/): The Swiss maker of the metal-free ZERAMEX ceramic implants, founded as Dentalpoint AG in 2005 and acquired by the CeramTec Group in 2021..
- [Dentis](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/dentis/): A South Korean dental implant manufacturer based in Daegu, known for the s-Clean SQ-SL and OneQ-SL implant lines..
- [Dentium](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/dentium/): A South Korean dental implant manufacturer listed on the Korea Exchange, whose systems include Implantium, SuperLine and NR Line..
- [Dentsply Sirona](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/dentsply-sirona/): The Nasdaq-listed dental manufacturer that owns the Astra Tech, Ankylos, Xive and MIS implant brands, reported within its Orthodontic and Implant Solutions segment..
- [DIO](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/dio/): A South Korean manufacturer in Busan, founded in 1988 and formerly DSI Co., Ltd., maker of the UF(II) and UV Active implant systems and the DIOnavi guided-surgery workflow..
- [DTİ İmplant Sistemleri](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/dti-implant/): A Turkish dental implant manufacturer in İstanbul that developed its implant systems with support from the national research council TÜBİTAK..
- [Envista Holdings](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/envista-holdings/): The United States dental group that owns the Nobel Biocare, Alpha-Bio Tec and Implant Direct implant brands; it was formed inside Danaher in 2018 and separated in 2019..
- [Global D](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/global-d/): A French dental implant manufacturer in Brignais, producing the In-Kone, twinKon and EVL implant systems..
- [Henry Schein](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/henry-schein/): The Nasdaq-listed healthcare distributor that also manufactures dental implants: its Global Oral Reconstruction Group owns the BioHorizons and Camlog implant brands..
- [IDIS](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/idis/): A South Korean implant manufacturer, maker of the S-Plant dental implant system..
- [Jiangsu Trausim Medical Instrument](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/trausim/): A Chinese dental implant manufacturer in Changzhou, Jiangsu, part of the Fulong Holdings group, producing bone-level and tissue-level implant systems..
- [Leone](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/leone/): An Italian manufacturer near Florence, long known for orthodontic products, that has produced the Leone Implant System since 2002..
- [Mode Medikal](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/mode-medikal/): The Turkish company that manufactures the Mode Implant dental implant brand..
- [Neobiotech](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/neobiotech/): A South Korean manufacturer founded in 2000, maker of the CMI SinusQuick surgical kits and the IS-II/IS-III implant families..
- [Noris Medical](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/noris-medical/): An Israeli dental implant manufacturer based in Nesher, known for its Tuff implants and a broad range of zygomatic implants..
- [Osstem Implant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/osstem-implant/): The South Korean dental implant manufacturer behind the Osstem and Hiossen brands; it was delisted from the KOSDAQ market in 2023 following a private-equity takeover..
- [Proimtech](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/proimtech/): The İstanbul-based Turkish company that manufactures the Bilimplant dental implant brand..
- [Shinhung MST](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/shinhung-mst/): The dental-implant arm of South Korean dental company Shinhung, based in Wonju, maker of the Luna implant system..
- [Southern Implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/southern-implants/): A privately owned South African implant manufacturer known for site-specific designs, including zygomatic and pterygoid implants..
- [Straumann Group](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/straumann-group/): The Swiss corporate group that owns the Straumann, Neodent, Medentika and Anthogyr implant brands, listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker STMN..
- [Şanlılar Tıbbi Cihazlar](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/sanlilar/): The İzmir-based Turkish company that manufactures the NucleOSS dental implant systems..
- [Thommen Medical](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/thommen-medical/): An independent, family-owned Swiss manufacturer of dental implants based in Grenchen, producing the SPI implant system since 1975..
- [Warantec](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/warantec/): A South Korean implant manufacturer founded in 2001, developer of the Oneplant and IU implant systems, part-owned by Yuhan Corporation and the Straumann Group..
- [Z-Systems](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/z-systems/): A Swiss manufacturer of metal-free zirconia ceramic dental implants, a pioneer of the ceramic implant since 2004..
- [ZimVie](https://dental-implants-guide.com/manufacturers/zimvie/): The dental implant company separated from Zimmer Biomet in 2021 and taken private by the healthcare investor ARCHIMED in October 2025..

## Implant materials
- [Commercially pure titanium](https://dental-implants-guide.com/materials/commercially-pure-titanium/): Unalloyed titanium used for surgical implants, supplied in four grades of increasing strength.
- [Grade 4 titanium](https://dental-implants-guide.com/materials/grade-4-titanium/): The strongest of the four unalloyed titanium grades defined by ASTM F67, and the grade most widely used for dental implant fixtures..
- [Titanium-zirconium alloy](https://dental-implants-guide.com/materials/titanium-zirconium-alloy/): A binary alloy of titanium and zirconium developed for dental implants, offering higher tensile strength than unalloyed titanium while remaining free of aluminium and vanadium..

## Surface technologies
- [Anodised surface](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/anodised-surface/): An implant surface produced by anodic oxidation, an electrochemical process that thickens and restructures the titanium dioxide layer already present on the fixture rather than cutting into the metal..
- [Laser-Lok](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/biohorizons-laser-lok/): BioHorizons’ laser-ablated band of regularly spaced microchannels applied to the collar of implants and to abutment surfaces, intended to organise soft-tissue and crestal bone attachment..
- [Neodent Acqua](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/neodent-acqua/): Neodent’s hydrophilic implant surface, described by the manufacturer as the next stage of its sandblasted and acid-etched NeoPoros surface..
- [OsseoSpeed](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/osseospeed/): Dentsply Sirona’s fluoride-modified, grit-blasted titanium implant surface, used on the Astra Tech, PrimeTaper and OmniTaper implant systems..
- [Osstem CA surface](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/osstem-ca-surface/): Osstem’s hydrophilic implant surface: the same sandblasted and acid-etched topography as its SA surface, stored in calcium chloride solution so that the surface stays wettable until placement..
- [Promote](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/camlog-promote/): CAMLOG’s blasted and acid-etched implant surface, offered in two variants that differ in how much of the implant neck is left machined rather than roughened..
- [Sandblasted, large-grit, acid-etched surface](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/sandblasted-large-grit-acid-etched/): A family of implant surfaces produced by blasting the titanium with a coarse abrasive to create a macro-roughness, then etching it in acid so that a finer micro-roughness is superimposed on top..
- [Straumann SLA](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/straumann-sla/): Straumann’s sandblasted, large-grit, acid-etched titanium implant surface, offered on Straumann implants alongside the later chemically modified SLActive surface..
- [Straumann SLActive](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/straumann-slactive/): Straumann’s hydrophilic implant surface: the same blasted and acid-etched topography as its SLA surface, with an altered surface chemistry intended to make it wettable and chemically active..
- [TiPurePlus](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/bego-tipureplus/): BEGO’s sandblasted and etched implant surface, applied to grade 4 commercially pure titanium and presented by the manufacturer on the basis of the absence of detectable blasting and etching residues..
- [TiUltra](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/nobel-biocare-tiultra/): Nobel Biocare’s multi-zone anodised implant surface, in which the roughness changes gradually along the fixture from a minimally rough collar to a moderately rough apex..
- [TiUnite](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/nobel-biocare-tiunite/): Nobel Biocare’s anodised titanium implant surface, introduced around 2000 and described by the manufacturer as moderately rough..
- [XPEED](https://dental-implants-guide.com/surfaces/megagen-xpeed/): MegaGen’s calcium-incorporated implant surface, produced by hydrothermally treating a sandblasted and acid-etched titanium surface in a calcium solution so that a nanostructured calcium titanate layer forms..

## Implant-abutment connections
- [CAMLOG Tube-in-Tube](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/camlog-tube-in-tube/): CAMLOG’s implant-abutment connection: a butt-joint cylindrical fit in which three grooves in the implant receive three matching cams on the abutment..
- [Conical (Morse taper) connection](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/conical-morse-taper/): An internal connection in which the abutment seats into a tapered bore in the implant, so that friction between the two conical surfaces carries much of the joint’s stability rather than the screw alone..
- [External hexagon](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/external-hex/): An implant-abutment connection in which a hexagonal boss projects above the implant platform and engages a matching recess in the abutment, the two parts being held together by a screw..
- [Internal hexagon](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/internal-hex/): An implant-abutment connection in which the hexagonal anti-rotation feature sits inside the implant body, so the abutment drops into a recess below the platform rather than over a boss above it..
- [Internal octagon](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/internal-octagon/): An internal connection whose anti-rotation feature is an eight-sided recess inside the implant, used to reposition prosthetic parts in a repeatable orientation..
- [Internal tri-channel](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/tri-channel/): An internal connection whose anti-rotation feature is three channels or lobes arranged around the implant bore, rather than a hexagon or an octagon..
- [Neodent Grand Morse](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/neodent-grand-morse/): Neodent’s Morse taper implant-abutment connection, stated by the manufacturer to have a 16 degree full angle and to incorporate platform switching..
- [Nobel Biocare Conical Connection](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/nobel-conical-connection/): Nobel Biocare’s internal conical implant-abutment connection, used across the NobelActive, NobelParallel CC and NobelReplace CC implant lines..
- [Straumann CrossFit](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/straumann-crossfit/): Straumann’s internal connection for its Bone Level implant lines: a 15 degree conical-cylindrical friction fit with four internal grooves..
- [Straumann synOcta](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/straumann-synocta/): Straumann’s internal Morse taper connection for its tissue-level Standard and Standard Plus implants, combining an 8 degree cone with an internal octagon..
- [Straumann TorcFit](https://dental-implants-guide.com/connections/straumann-torcfit/): Straumann’s connection for its BLX and TLX implant systems: a 7 degree conical seat combined with a six-position torx-style index..

## Implant design categories
- [Bone-level implant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/bone-level/): An implant designed so that its platform, and therefore the implant–abutment interface, sits at or close to the crestal bone, with the transmucosal portion formed by a separate abutment..
- [Ceramic (zirconia) implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/ceramic-implants/): Implants made from zirconium dioxide ceramic rather than titanium, available mainly as one-piece designs and, more recently, as two-piece systems..
- [Narrow-diameter implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/narrow-diameter-implants/): Implants with a reduced intraosseous diameter, used where ridge width or the mesiodistal space between teeth will not accept a standard-diameter implant..
- [Pterygoid implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/pterygoid-implants/): Implants placed from the maxillary tuberosity backwards into the pterygoid region, engaging dense posterior cortical bone so that the back of the upper jaw can be restored without sinus grafting..
- [Short implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/short-implants/): A category of implant defined by reduced intrabony length, used where vertical bone height is limited; the 11th European Consensus Conference defines it as a designed intrabony length of 8 mm or less with a diameter of 3.75 mm or more..
- [Subperiosteal implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/subperiosteal/): A custom framework that rests on the jaw bone beneath the periosteum rather than being inserted into it, carrying posts that emerge through the gum to support a prosthesis..
- [Tissue-level implant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/tissue-level/): An implant with an integral polished transmucosal collar, so that the implant–abutment interface sits above the crestal bone at the level of the soft tissue..
- [Zygomatic implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/implant-types/zygomatic-implants/): Long implants that take their main anchorage from the zygomatic (cheek) bone rather than the alveolar ridge, used to restore a severely resorbed upper jaw without first grafting bone..

## Treatment protocols
- [All-on-4](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/all-on-4/): A full-arch protocol in which four implants — two placed axially at the front of the jaw and two tilted distally — carry an immediately loaded fixed prosthesis, avoiding grafting of the posterior jaw..
- [Bone grafting](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/bone-grafting/): Adding bone or a bone substitute to a deficient jaw ridge so that an implant can be placed in, or surrounded by, an adequate volume of bone..
- [Delayed loading](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/delayed-loading/): Fitting the restoration after a period of healing rather than at placement; the ITI consensus terms loading later than two months after placement conventional loading, with early loading between one week and two months..
- [Full-arch rehabilitation](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/full-arch-rehabilitation/): Replacement of all the teeth in one jaw with a prosthesis carried by a limited number of implants, either fixed in place or removable by the patient..
- [Guided implant surgery](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/guided-surgery/): Implant placement planned on three-dimensional imaging and transferred to surgery either by a manufactured surgical guide (static) or by real-time instrument tracking (dynamic)..
- [Immediate implant placement](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/immediate-placement/): Placing an implant into a tooth socket at the same appointment as the extraction — Type 1 placement in the ITI classification of post-extraction timing..
- [Immediate loading](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/immediate-loading/): Attaching a restoration to an implant sooner than one week after placement, as defined by the ITI consensus on loading protocols..
- [Multiple-implant bridge](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/multiple-implant-bridge/): A fixed bridge carried by two or more implants, replacing several adjacent missing teeth without placing one implant per tooth..
- [Single-tooth implant](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/single-tooth-implant/): Replacement of one missing tooth with one implant carrying one crown, without involving the neighbouring teeth..
- [Sinus lift](https://dental-implants-guide.com/treatments/sinus-lift/): Elevation of the membrane lining the maxillary sinus so that bone height available for an implant in the upper back jaw can be increased..

## Comparisons
- [All-on-4 vs All-on-6](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/all-on-4-vs-all-on-6/): The difference is how many implants carry the arch — four or six — and the choice is driven by available bone, bite forces and the planned prosthesis, not by one being a better protocol.
- [Alpha-Bio Tec NeO vs Spiral (SPI)](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/alpha-bio-neo-vs-alpha-bio-spiral-spi/): NeO is Alpha-Bio current flagship and the only implant in the range offered on all three of the company connections, so the name alone does not tell a laboratory what will fit it.
- [Astra Tech Implant System EV vs Neodent Helix GM](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/astra-tech-implant-system-ev-vs-neodent-helix-gm/): Astra Tech EV and Neodent Helix are current implants from two companies at opposite ends of the price spectrum — Dentsply Sirona in the premium segment, Neodent as the Straumann Group value brand.
- [Astra Tech vs Nobel Biocare](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/astra-tech-vs-nobel-biocare/): Both are premium implant brands most often seen on UK treatment plans, Astra Tech now owned by Dentsply Sirona and Nobel Biocare by Envista.
- [CAMLOG SCREW-LINE vs CONELOG PROGRESSIVE-LINE](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/camlog-screw-line-vs-conelog-progressive-line/): These are the two halves of the same manufacturer range and the difference is the connection: SCREW-LINE uses the cylindrical Tube-in-Tube interface, CONELOG a 7.5 degree cone with three grooves.
- [Dentium SuperLine vs Implantium](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/dentium-implantium-vs-dentium-superline/): SuperLine and Implantium are both current Dentium bone-level implants and they share a prosthetic platform, so abutments made for one fit the other.
- [Dentium SuperLine vs SuperLine II](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/dentium-superline-vs-dentium-superline-ii/): The II describes a revised thread, not a replacement product — Dentium continues to list both alongside Implantium, and all three share a prosthetic platform.
- [Hiossen ET III vs Osstem TS III](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/hiossen-et-iii-sa-vs-osstem-ts-iii-sa/): These are not rival companies.
- [MegaGen AnyRidge vs AnyOne](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/megagen-anyone-vs-megagen-anyridge/): AnyRidge and AnyOne share a brand prefix and nothing else that matters: AnyRidge uses a 5 degree Morse taper with a 2.3 mm internal hex, AnyOne an 11 degree internal hex with a 2.5 mm hex, so their components are not interchangeable.
- [MegaGen AnyRidge vs NobelActive](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/megagen-anyridge-vs-nobelactive/): Both are aggressive tapered implants designed for immediate placement and soft bone, arriving at that goal through unusual thread designs.
- [MegaGen vs Osstem](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/megagen-vs-osstem/): These are the two South Korean implant brands a UK patient is most likely to be offered for treatment abroad — Osstem the higher-volume of the two, MegaGen best known for AnyRidge.
- [MIS C1 vs SEVEN](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/mis-c1-vs-mis-seven/): These two belong to different MIS platforms: C1 uses the 12 degree friction-fit conical connection and SEVEN uses the internal hexagon.
- [MIS V3 vs C1](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/mis-c1-vs-mis-v3/): V3 and C1 share the same 12 degree friction-fit conical connection and prosthetic range, so they can be mixed within a case and restored with identical components.
- [Neodent Helix GM vs Drive GM](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/neodent-drive-gm-vs-neodent-helix-gm/): Helix and Drive share the Grand Morse connection, the same two surfaces and the same prosthetic components, so the difference is entirely in the body.
- [Neodent Helix GM vs Titamax GM](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/neodent-helix-gm-vs-neodent-titamax-gm/): Titamax is the parallel-walled member of the Grand Morse family and Helix the dual-tapered one, and they share the connection, surfaces and components.
- [Neodent vs Straumann](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/neodent-vs-straumann/): Neodent and Straumann share an owner — the Straumann Group — but are positioned deliberately at opposite ends of the price range, and sharing a parent does not mean sharing components.
- [Nobel Biocare vs Osstem](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/nobel-biocare-vs-osstem/): Nobel Biocare is a Swiss-heritage premium brand owned by Envista; Osstem is a South Korean brand and one of the most widely placed implants in the world by volume.
- [NobelActive vs Astra Tech Implant System EV](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/astra-tech-implant-system-ev-vs-nobelactive/): NobelActive is a single aggressive implant body designed to gain stability by expanding into an under-prepared site; Astra Tech EV is a range of three body shapes chosen by site rather than one design applied everywhere.
- [NobelActive vs Nobel Biocare N1](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/nobel-biocare-n1-vs-nobelactive/): N1 is the more radical of the two: a trioval implant body placed with the OsseoShaper instrument at around 50 rpm without irrigation, on a Trioval Conical Connection that is incompatible with the rest of the Nobel range.
- [NobelActive vs NobelParallel Conical Connection](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/nobelactive-vs-nobelparallel-conical-connection/): These two share the same internal conical connection and the same TiUltra surface, so their prosthetic components are interchangeable and the choice between them is purely surgical.
- [NobelActive vs NobelReplace Conical Connection](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/nobelactive-vs-nobelreplace-conical-connection/): Both sit on Nobel Biocare internal conical connection and can be restored with the same component family, but NobelReplace CC is catalogued with the older TiUnite surface where NobelActive is offered with TiUltra.
- [NobelActive vs Straumann Bone Level Tapered](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/nobelactive-vs-straumann-bone-level-tapered/): These are the flagship tapered bone-level implants of the two oldest names in modern implantology, aimed at the same soft-bone and immediate-placement cases.
- [Osstem TS II vs TS III](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/osstem-ts-ii-sa-vs-osstem-ts-iii-sa/): TS II is the straight-walled member of the Osstem TS line and TS III the tapered one.
- [Osstem TS III vs TS IV](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/osstem-ts-iii-sa-vs-osstem-ts-iv-sa/): The Roman numeral in the Osstem TS line marks a design variant, not a generation — TS IV is not a newer or better TS III.
- [Osstem vs Straumann](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/osstem-vs-straumann/): Straumann is a Swiss premium brand and Osstem a high-volume South Korean value brand, and a UK patient will most often see both named in quotes for treatment abroad.
- [Straumann BLX vs Astra Tech Implant System EV](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/astra-tech-implant-system-ev-vs-straumann-blx/): BLX is a single fully tapered implant offered across a wide diameter range on one internal geometry; Astra Tech EV is a family of three differently shaped bodies — straight, conical and Profile — sharing one prosthetic interface.
- [Straumann BLX vs Bone Level (BL)](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/straumann-blx-vs-straumann-bone-level/): Both are bone-level implants from Straumann, but they belong to different prosthetic families: BLX uses the TorcFit connection and Bone Level uses CrossFit, so components do not cross between them.
- [Straumann BLX vs Bone Level Tapered (BLT)](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/straumann-blx-vs-straumann-bone-level-tapered/): Both are tapered bone-level implants from Straumann, and the difference that matters most is not the shape but the connection: BLX uses TorcFit and BLT uses CrossFit, so their components do not interchange.
- [Straumann BLX vs NobelActive](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/nobelactive-vs-straumann-blx/): Both are tapered implants built for the same clinical problem — getting an implant stable enough in a fresh socket or soft bone to restore it early — and they solve it differently.
- [Straumann BLX vs Osstem TS III](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/osstem-ts-iii-sa-vs-straumann-blx/): Both are tapered bone-level implants that a UK patient is likely to be offered for treatment abroad, and both are current designs from large manufacturers.
- [Straumann BLX vs TLX](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/straumann-blx-vs-straumann-tlx/): BLX and TLX are the bone-level and tissue-level members of the same Straumann family: same Roxolid material, same surface options, same TorcFit connection, same design intent of high primary stability.
- [Straumann Bone Level vs Bone Level Tapered](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/straumann-bone-level-vs-straumann-bone-level-tapered/): These are the parallel-walled and apically tapered versions of the same implant: they share the CrossFit connection, the same surfaces, the same materials and the same prosthetic components.
- [Straumann Standard vs Standard Plus](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/straumann-standard-vs-straumann-standard-plus/): These two tissue-level implants differ in one dimension: the height of the smooth machined neck, 2.8 mm on Standard and 1.8 mm on Standard Plus.
- [Straumann TLX vs Standard Plus](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/straumann-standard-plus-vs-straumann-tlx/): Both are tissue-level Straumann implants, and both are current, but they belong to different prosthetic worlds: TLX uses TorcFit and Standard Plus uses synOcta.
- [Straumann vs Nobel Biocare](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/nobel-biocare-vs-straumann/): These are the two premium brands most patients have heard of, and both sit inside larger corporations — Straumann within the Straumann Group, Nobel Biocare within Envista.
- [Tapered Screw-Vent vs ZimVie TSX](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/tapered-screw-vent-vs-zimvie-tsx/): TSX is the more recent ZimVie tapered implant and is best understood as a redesign of Tapered Screw-Vent for immediate placement, with a double-lead thread and drills that branch by bone type.
- [Titanium vs zirconia dental implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/compare/titanium-vs-zirconia/): Titanium has by far the longer clinical track record and remains the default for most cases; zirconia is a metal-free ceramic alternative whose main draw is aesthetic and whose evidence base is considerably younger.

## Standards (ISO / ASTM)
- [ASTM F136 — Wrought Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloy for surgical implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/astm-f136/): The American specification for extra-low-interstitial Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy used in surgical implants..
- [ASTM F67 — Unalloyed titanium for surgical implant applications](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/astm-f67/): The American materials specification covering four grades of unalloyed titanium for surgical implants, of which Grade 4 is the strongest and most used for implant fixtures..
- [ISO 10993 — Biological evaluation of medical devices](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-10993/): The multi-part framework governing how a medical device is assessed for biological safety, including cytotoxicity, sensitisation, irritation and effects after implantation..
- [ISO 13485 — Quality management systems for medical devices](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-13485/): The quality management system standard for organisations that design and manufacture medical devices, covering design control, traceability, complaint handling and corrective action..
- [ISO 14801 — Dynamic loading test for endosseous dental implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-14801/): The fatigue test specific to dental implants: a specimen is loaded off-axis at 30 degrees and cycled, commonly to five million cycles, to establish the load it survives without fracture..
- [ISO 14971 — Application of risk management to medical devices](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-14971/): Specifies the process a manufacturer must follow to identify hazards, estimate and evaluate risks, control them and monitor the result across a device’s lifecycle..
- [ISO 16443 — Vocabulary for dental implants and related products](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-16443/): Defines the terminology used for dental implants, abutments, platforms and related components..
- [ISO 5832-2 — Unalloyed titanium for surgical implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-5832-2/): Specifies the composition and mechanical properties required of unalloyed (commercially pure) titanium used to make surgical implants..
- [ISO 5832-3 — Wrought titanium 6-aluminium 4-vanadium alloy for surgical implants](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-5832-3/): Specifies the composition and properties of the Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy used in surgical implants..
- [ISO 6872 — Dentistry, ceramic materials](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-6872/): Classifies dental ceramics by flexural strength and intended clinical use, covering the zirconia used in ceramic implants and restorations..
- [ISO 9001 — Quality management systems](https://dental-implants-guide.com/standards/iso-9001/): The general quality management system standard, applicable to any organisation in any sector..

## Treatment cost by country
Built on each country’s official fee schedule where one exists. A regulated tariff, a private fee and a tourism package are three different numbers; each entry says which it is, in which currency, and as at what date.
- [Australia](https://dental-implants-guide.com/countries/australia/): Australia has a national schedule of dental item numbers but deliberately no national scale of fees: the Australian Dental Association declines to publish recommended fees, so every practice sets its own, and the only published fee figures for implant items come from government payer schedules covering particular groups of patients..
- [Canada](https://dental-implants-guide.com/countries/canada/): Dental fees in Canada are set by each practice, loosely anchored to the annual suggested fee guide published by the dental association of the province the practice sits in; those guides are advisory rather than binding, and the federal Canadian Dental Care Plan excludes implants and all implant-related procedures outright..
- [Germany](https://dental-implants-guide.com/countries/germany/): Implant treatment in Germany is billed under the GOZ, a federal fee regulation that fixes a point count for every dental item and a point value in law, while statutory health insurance excludes implants altogether apart from a short list of severe cases..
- [Switzerland](https://dental-implants-guide.com/countries/switzerland/): Dental treatment in Switzerland is paid for privately: compulsory basic health insurance covers it only for a closed list of severe conditions, and the one binding fee schedule — the Zahnarzttarif UV/MV/IV — applies to accident, military and disability insurance rather than to a self-paying patient..
- [Turkey](https://dental-implants-guide.com/countries/turkey/): Turkey has a published national dental fee tariff, but it is a guide rather than a binding minimum, and its implant item deliberately excludes the price of the implant itself..
- [United Kingdom](https://dental-implants-guide.com/countries/united-kingdom/): Implant treatment in the UK is almost always private and privately priced: the NHS publishes exact, dated patient charges for the treatment it does provide, but no NHS charge band or item covers a routine dental implant, and no official schedule governs what a private practice may charge..
- [United States](https://dental-implants-guide.com/countries/united-states/): The United States has a national procedure code set for dentistry but no national fee schedule: dentists are licensed state by state, prices are set practice by practice, and the only official published dental fee schedules are state instruments that bind particular payers rather than the private market..

## Known disputes we record rather than resolve

Where sources genuinely conflict, we mark the field as conflicting and withhold the entry from
search rather than picking the more convenient answer. Current examples:

- **"Short" implant** has no settled threshold. The 11th European Consensus Conference defines it
  as ≤8 mm intrabony length; published reviews variously use ≤8 mm or ≤10 mm.
- **"Ultra-short" versus "extra-short"** are used inconsistently across the literature.
- **Mini implant diameter** is given as <3.0 mm by some bodies and <2.7 mm by others.
- **"Wide diameter"** has no threshold we could verify anywhere.
- **Conical taper angles** are quoted inconsistently as half-angle or full included angle, which
  makes cross-manufacturer figures non-comparable unless the convention is stated.

## Regulatory records

We hold FDA 510(k) clearance records retrieved from the FDA's own public API for every brand and
manufacturer where a match could be confirmed. Two distinctions matter if you cite this data:

- **FDA "clearance" is not FDA "approval".** Clearance under 510(k) means the device was accepted
  as substantially equivalent to one already marketed. It generally involves no clinical trial and
  is not a finding of safety or effectiveness. Dental implants are essentially never FDA approved.
- **A clearance count is not a quality ranking.** A brand with more clearances usually has a longer
  history or a broader component range, nothing more.

Attribution is conservative: brands are matched on the cleared device name, then filtered to
filings whose holder belongs to that brand's own corporate family, because aftermarket makers file
clearances naming other companies' systems. Unmatched records are dropped, so counts understate.

Full explanation of every certificate type, including CE/MDR, ISO 13485, ISO 14801 fatigue testing,
ISO 5832 materials and ISO 10993 biocompatibility: https://dental-implants-guide.com/certifications/

## Corrections

If something here is wrong, tell us: https://dental-implants-guide.com/corrections/. We verify corrections before applying
them, including corrections from a manufacturer about its own product.

## Machine access

Reference data is published as open data under CC BY 4.0, with the claim model intact. A spec in
these files is a claim object carrying its own kind, sources, confidence and verification date —
not a bare value. If you redistribute a `manufacturer_claim`, it remains the maker's statement
about its own product; please do not report it as an independently verified measurement.

- Dataset manifest (version, coverage, distributions): https://dental-implants-guide.com/data/index.json
- Implant systems: https://dental-implants-guide.com/data/implants.json
- Brands: https://dental-implants-guide.com/data/brands.json
- Change log (NDJSON): https://dental-implants-guide.com/data/change-log.jsonl
- Sitemap: https://dental-implants-guide.com/sitemap-index.xml
- Search index (JSON): https://dental-implants-guide.com/search-index.json
- Agent card: https://dental-implants-guide.com/.well-known/agent-card.json
- API catalogue: https://dental-implants-guide.com/.well-known/api-catalog

The manifest reports withheld counts alongside published ones. Records whose key facts are not yet
traceable to a primary source stay in the database, are marked noindex and are not exported — so
the gap in coverage is measurable rather than invisible.

Last generated: 2026-07-22