The Dental Technician July 2017/Vol 70 Issue 06
TAKING A LOOK AT CAMLOG IMPLANTS AND TECHNOLOGY
FOR THREE DAYS IN GERMANY
change the crown or provisional. With CAMLOG there is also a choice for a polished neck of 1.4 mm. or just a polished margin. Trans-mucosal healing is managed for tissue level with the healing cap designed to help develop the emergence profile and a mature “gingival” cuff.
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have just spent a very interesting three days near Stuttgart in Germany, looking at the CAMLOG Dental Implant system which has taken such a strong hold on Europe’s largest market. Launching a new Implant system must be a daunting prospect but when you choose to launch in the largest and busiest market in Europe you really do have to believe in the product. Within just a few years of being introduced the system quickly climbed to the top of the best selling list in Germany and continues to outshine most of its better known, internationally recognised, rivals. Succeeding in a demanding market, such as this, deserves recognition so I spent some three days with other UK colleagues, searching for the answers. The Company is based in a town called Wimsheim near Stuttgart in a very modern and well equipped manufacturing facility. We spent the first day being introduced to the system and getting to understand the restorative and surgical strengths of the design and the combination of components. CAMLOG was created by the same team who conceived the IMZ Implant system, many years ago which continues to have success in Germany. With CAMLOG they believe they have improved on the important features of their concepts for Implants. Particularly committed to being restoratively driven whilst combining the modern scientifically proven roughened surface and minimally invasive technique for surgical placement. The Evolution from IMZ gave them the abutment designs for CAMLOG and CONELOG with improvements; particularly with the abutment choices and the unique replaceable abutment design.
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The Esthomic Abutments are cleverly designed to allow precise placement of the aesthetic shoulder without metal show. But with a good selection in order to cover the broad range of restorations.
The systems uses a modern sandblasted acid etched surface, with a healing time of 6 – 12 weeks in good bone quality. All screw line implants are conical with a selftapping screw thread configuration to enhance primary stability. Internally CAMLOG is cylindrical with straight Tube-in-Tube™ connection for the
abutments and three positional cams, allowing precise location of the abutments. CONELOG which is designed with a conical connection also incorporates the re-location cams which means precise and accurate handling of the abutments and a security for re-location no matter how often you want to
Collar or no collar, the choice is yours. If you wish to place with a trans-mucosal approach the Promote is especially designed to assist. Promote plus is for those nearer bone level placements.
A wide choice of abutments for either the CAMLOG (Tube in Tube) or the CONELOG (Conical tapered fit) allow a flexible approach to the restorative procedure without any