Implant materials
What implants are made of: titanium grades, titanium alloys and zirconia ceramic.
Commercially pure titanium (Grade 4)
The strongest grade of unalloyed titanium and the most common implant material. It is very biocompatible and has decades of clinic…
Read more →Commercially pure titanium (Grade 2)
A softer grade of pure titanium. Used by long-standing German systems such as Ankylos and Xive.…
Read more →Titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5 / 23)
Titanium mixed with small amounts of aluminium and vanadium. It is stronger than pure titanium, so it suits narrow implants and ag…
Read more →Titanium-zirconium alloy (Roxolid)
Straumann's alloy of about 85% titanium and 15% zirconium. It is stronger than pure titanium, which lets dentists use narrower imp…
Read more →Zirconia (ceramic)
A white, metal-free ceramic. Chosen by people who want a metal-free mouth or have thin gums where grey titanium might show through…
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