Astra Implants

Overview

One of the most essential characteristics of Astra is its extended market presence, as well as the presence of a large research base. All technologies that have been created and patented have been tested over decades and have hundreds of thousands of patients' experiences.

In terms of technology, each successful dental implantation system is built on a combination of effective technical solutions rather than a single advantage. Only until everything in the implant's design is balanced and thought down to the smallest detail will it be able to serve the patient adequately for many years.

What is Astra Dental Implant?

Missing teeth may be humiliating and prevent you from fully enjoying life. This permanent tooth replacement procedure gives you the ultimate makeover: a stunning, natural-looking set of teeth that look so much like your natural teeth (or better) that no one will notice they aren't your original teeth.

Traditional implants, on the other hand, require time, and you may not want to wait months for your ideal set of permanent teeth. Modern Age Dentistry's Ali Sadeghi, DDS, gives some insights on a form of this therapy known as a one-piece dental implant, which may be of interest to those who want it yesterday.

First, consider how standard implants function. Most dental implants have been built on a two-piece design over the past three decades, consisting of the surgical implant, which essentially functions as the tooth root, and the prosthetic or abutment, which is the fake tooth. The two-piece implant system is finished over time and only once the implants have completely bonded to your jawbone.

Although both the classic two-piece dental implant system and the one-piece system provide a high-quality option for replacing lost teeth, the one-piece system offers some significant advantages that are worth considering.

The Many Benefits of New Astra Dental Implant

• No Open Surgeries

A less invasive, flapless surgical procedure is used to place one-piece dental implants. For you, this means no open surgery and, more critically, in many situations, a one-day surgical procedure. It is not oral surgery that is spaced out over several months.

• Quicker Placement of Crowns

Dentists may put dental crowns faster with one-piece implants than with standard implants. They can often put the crowns in as soon as the implants are inserted.

• Fewer Parts, More Durable

One-piece implants function similarly to solid-state electronics: With fewer parts, there are less things to maintain. With only one component, you have a sturdy, stable system that you can easily maintain with expert checkups and proper at-home oral hygiene. One-piece implants can last a lifetime if properly cared for. That's years of bright grins and plenty of your favorite meals.

• Enhanced Satisfaction and Savings

One-piece implants are a patient-friendly choice for patients who prefer dental implants to dentures but want a faster timetable. They are faster, easier, and less intrusive. After all, the terms "fast" and "easy" make practically everything better. One-piece implants are also less expensive since they require less hardware and fewer doctor visits.

Advantages of Astra Tech Implant System

• Innovative approach

In conventional approach when a flat-top implant is put at the lingual bone level, the implant neck is visible buccally, a flat-top implant is positioned level with the buccal bone, unsupported lingual marginal bone is destroyed, but in innovative approach the buccal and lingual marginal bone are both level with the OsseoSpeed Profile EV, maintaining soft tissue esthetics.

Using a flat-top implant in a sloping ridge has traditionally meant selecting between buccal and lingual marginal bone preservation and esthetics. With the OsseoSpeed Profile EV breakthrough, you may go to the next level of patient-focused implant therapy and achieve higher efficiency without sacrificing quality.

• Maximize existing bone

When a flat top implant is used in a sloping ridge, the existing bone is frequently flattened or left unsupported, leading to resorption over time. Allow the implant to follow the bone.

With the OsseoSpeed Profile EV, you may use the unique implant design to follow the natural curves of the sloping anatomy and maximize the existing bone, resulting in improved esthetics and marginal bone preservation.

• Scientifically documented

In a sloping ridge scenario, preserving the buccal and lingual marginal bone levels affects mesial and distal marginal bone levels, which, when combined, promotes soft tissue esthetics. This is what we mean when we say "360° bone preservation on a sloping ridge."

OsseoSpeed Profile EV is supported as an important element of the Astra Tech Implant System EV by the unique Astra Tech Implant System BioManagement Complex, which has been extensively proven for its long-term marginal bone preservation and esthetic benefits.

• Proven esthetics

In individuals with impaired soft tissue, keratinized mucosa can be restored. A 2-year prospective multi-center research found a statistically significant rise in the breadth of keratinized mucosa in patients with impaired soft tissue (width 2 mm at postoperative visit).

• Manage risk and reduce complexity

Instead of adjusting the implant to the bone, the OsseoSpeed Profile EV is specifically engineered to follow the natural bone slope, potentially eliminating the need for bone augmentation treatments.

• Simplicity and flexibility

A wide range of implant choices are available, straight and conical implant types are available in lengths ranging from 8 to 17 mm.

However, Astra Dental Implant backed up by a comprehensive set of digital solutions, from planning to final restoration, the option of working with an entirely digital workflow is available.

Astra Dental Implant also supports a procedure-based workflow by providing an easily modifiable tray for clinical preferences, ensuring that only the appropriate equipment is available and autoclaves are utilized efficiently.

The unique one-position-only placement simplifies and predicts the whole treatment procedure, from implant insertion to final abutment attachment.

The unique design of Astra Dental Implant's impression components that self-guide for an accurate and predictable workflow enables for a faster installation procedure and a more predictable workflow between the physician and dental technician. 

• Challenge conventional thinking for restored happiness

Aside from restoring a single lost tooth, implant patients seek improved esthetics and function so they may eat, speak, and smile with confidence.

Patients have already challenged traditional dentistry by giving implant therapy. It's time to change mind since sloping-ridge circumstances necessitate anatomically tailored slanted implants. Restore patients' quality of life by achieving esthetics and increased simplicity.

Astra Tech Implant System Surgical procedures 

The ASTRA TECH Implant System is intended for ease of use and versatility in treating your implant patients.

The unique ASTRA TECH Implant System Bio Management Complex, which has been demonstrated to deliver long-term marginal bone preservation and esthetic benefits, remains the core of this evolving system.

Pre-operative procedures

Pre-operative examination

A general review of the patient's health, as well as a clinical and oral radiography examination, should be included in the pre-operative examination. Mucous membranes, jaw morphology, dental and prosthetic history, and symptoms of dysfunction should all be examined carefully.

A radiographic examination should be performed to assess the bone quality and topography of the remaining alveolar process. The first radiographic evaluation, in conjunction with the clinical examination, serves as the foundation for assessing if a patient is a candidate for implant therapy.

If the patient is deemed to be a good candidate, a more comprehensive clinical assessment of the treatment region and the opposing jaw should be done. Before implant insertion, any local pathology in the jaws should be addressed.

Pre-operative planning

The link between the alveolar ridges and teeth should be examined using models from both jaws placed on an articulator. On the model, a diagnostic wax-up should be produced to replace the missing teeth. Following that, an examination of the occlusal table, force distribution, and recommended implant locations should be undertaken. When an optimum condition on the articulator is reached, a duplicate model of the wax-up should be created, and an acrylic stent should be made from this model. The stent should then be utilized to guide implant placement in terms of both location and inclination, taking into account anatomical, functional, esthetic, sanitary, and phonetic variables.

A clear Radiographic Implant Guide that displays implants at various magnifications is useful for planning optimal implant site and orientation. A Computer-Guided Implant Treatment program can also be beneficial in ensuring precise planning for optimal implant location and placement.

Even though the ultimate treatment strategy is typically not defined until surgery, the following factors should be considered depending on the quality of supporting bone and the initial stability of the implants:

• Whether the surgical operation will be performed in one or two stages.
• Whether an immediate or early loading protocol will be employed.
• What is the estimated healing period before loading?

Before beginning therapy, the patient should be told of the results of the pre-operative assessment and given a thorough explanation of what the planned treatment entails, including the expected outcome and risks.

Implant-bone relationship

Factors influencing the implant-bone relationship are:

• Bone amount.
• Bone quality. 
• Diameter of the drilled implant site.
• Depth of the drilled implant site is all factors that influence the implant-bone connection.
• The implant site must be prepped so that the implant may establish primary stability.
• No detrimental tension is applied to the bone during implant implantation.

A limited vertical dimension of bone for implant support can be compensated for by increasing the implant diameter, as long as there is sufficient bone support surrounding the implant. The use of OsseoSpeed TX implants can provide extra optimal bone support. Surgical techniques, together with prosthetic flexibility for multiple implant locations, may frequently compensate for decreased bone amount.

When bone quality and quantity are reduced, osteotome procedures can aid to enhance implant placement circumstances, and the soft bone drilling protocol offers the perception of higher torque resistance during implant installation.

Loading guidelines

Initially, a three-month healing time in the mandible and a six-month healing period in the maxilla were recommended before loading implants. Extensive study and product development have demonstrated that shorter healing periods may be used, as evidenced by several clinical trials. When considering a shorter healing period before loading, the judgment must always be based on the particular clinical circumstances.

Bone quality and quantity, superstructure design, loading circumstances, and attained primary stability should all be thoroughly analyzed and evaluated. When:

• Good primary stability can be established 
• There is little risk of traumatic loading 
• A one-stage protocol can be advised 
• There is no requirement for grafting operations in close proximity to implant surgery

Surgical considerations

Implant implantation is sometimes achieved without raising flaps, thanks to Computer Guided Surgery. This less surgical intervention is said to provide less postoperative swelling and discomfort compared to the standard surgical procedure with incision and flap elevation, although it should be noted that no documentation is provided.

Using this strategy, assess the risks of surgical mistakes and other consequences. It is entirely up to the it is up to each individual physician to decide which surgical strategy to use.

Drill

Implant sites are prepared in a step-by-step method with drills of varying sizes to enable an effective and atraumatic implant site expansion. To minimize heating of the bone and to establish a pumping action for effective removal of bone tissue, all drilling of the bone tissue should be done under profuse external irrigation with saline solution and with an intermittent drilling approach. All drills contain laser etched depth indicator lines for precise and accurate depth reading.

There are two types of drills:

Single Patient Drills:

• Packaged sterile and opened as needed at the time of operation 
• Optimized cutting qualities and contamination-free simplicity of use

Multiple-use Drills:

• Optimal cutting qualities 
• Designed for several uses as long as they are thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each surgery

To ensure excellent cutting characteristics during each surgery, it must be replenished as needed.

The depth of drilling is measured from the broadest section of the drill tip to the indicator line. The increased depth for Single Patient Drills is 0.9 mm regardless of drill diameter. The extra depth or tip height formed by the point of the drill for Multiple-use Drills ranges from 0.6 to 1.45 mm, depending on the diameter and kind of drill.

For the various implant lengths, the depth indications on the Implant Depth Gauge match to the laser marks on the Twist Drills. The depth gauge has a waist to aid in the identification of the 13-15 mm indicator band. The gauge's lower section provides indications for 2-3, 4-5 mms and can be used to measure soft tissue height.

When measuring the final prepared implant site, place the depth gauge against the osteotomy wall, the additional depth should be considered if the Implant Depth Gauge is put in the deeper core region of the prepared implant site.

Surgical Tray and Instruments

The Surgical Tray is intended to organize and handle the drills, equipment, and implants needed for surgery. The tray's arrangement guides the surgeon through the drilling process.

A full range of surgical equipment and drills are available.

Single Patient Drills provide the perfect surgical setting for each unique patient and give you the assurance of consistently crisp drills.

The Bone Trap is the appropriate collector for collecting bone fragments after surgery. The filter's unique shape enables for excellent bone particle capture without clogging.

Cleaning and sterilization guidelines

• Drills

The Astra Tech Implant System offers both multi-use and single-patient drills, placing the Single Patient Drills in a sharps container for disposal, shortly following the completion of the implant procedure. Avoid re-sterilizing the Single Patient Drills, reusable drills are intended to be cleaned, disinfected, and reused.

• Instruments, Multiple-use Drills and trays

There are two techniques for sterilization instruments:

First technique: Clean multiple-use drills and tools before using an ultrasonic cleaner to guarantee all debris is gone, thoroughly rinse.

Second technique: Clean and disinfect everything. Drills, instruments, and trays that may be used several times in an instrument dishwasher, thoroughly dry after sterilization Before sterilization, utilize multiple-use drills, equipment, and trays to avoid metal component corrosion. Steam sterilization Drills, equipment, and trays should be sterilized at 134°C/270-275°F for at least 3 minutes (or the matching technique specified by the autoclave manufacturer).

• Contra Angle

The following two cleaning techniques for contra angle:

First cleaning technique:

Disassemble the contra-angle for cleaning, clean the contra-angle with a soft brush under cold running water or in a dishwasher, thoroughly dry the contra-angle and lubricate the contra-angle per the manufacturer's instructions.

Second cleaning technique:

Clean and lubricate contra-angles in an automated unit, use steam to disinfect the dismantled contra angle.

Conclusion 

When it comes to Astra Tech implants, it should be mentioned that this is an excellent example of a product that has been well thought out and perfected to the tiniest detail. Working with the Astra Tech system is quite convenient, according to reviews from professional implantologists, and it provides for good treatment results from both a functional and an aesthetic standpoint even in tough clinical instances.