Dental Implant Companies

There are a number of dental implant companies throughout the US who manufacture implants and associated items such as tools for implant procedures and bone replacement products. All dental implant companies must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and adhere to manufacturing standards.

Dental implant companies are there to produce the implants and do not perfom surgery themselves. For this you need to go to your dentist initially, who may be able to perform the implants himself, or he may refer you to a periodontist.

Whilst the dental implant companies will all compete to say that their products are the best, an implant is basically an implant, usually a screw-type implant, fixed directly into the jaw bone, or a plate type, custom built to sit between the gum and the jaw bone. The hidden parts are mannufactured from titanium, topped with a ceramic tooth. It is really the method of construction and fitting together of the components that varies between dental implant companies. So, some dentists may prefer to use a specific company for preference of the implant method or finding that a particular type is easier to install than another.

The dental implant companies use titanium, the same metal used in hip replacements, because of it's ability to exist amongst living tissues without causing a reaction. It was discovered in the 1960s that it would make the ideal solution for implant material and has been used ever since.

There are more than 50 dental implant companies operating in the United States today. Of these, many have a web site, enabling dentists to research products and the public to research the procedures involved. Typing “dental implant comapnies” into a search engine will provide a huge amount of information about the companies and the products they make.