New article in the CLINIC Journal co-authored by Simon Tordjman: “Zirconia Implants: The Reliable Alternative to Titanium

New article in the CLINIC Journal (issue 408) co-authored by Simon Tordjman: “Zirconia Implants: The Reliable Alternative to Titanium?

Simon Tordjman, a founding member of the EACim, is co-authoring the article: “Zirconia Implants: the Reliable Alternative to Titanium” with his colleagues Jonathan GUCCIARDI DUCICP*, Yann SAIZOU DUCICP**, Pascaline DORMAGEN***, Simon TORDJMAN**** and Olivier FROMENTIN*****

Abstract

The use of zirconium oxide in various forms (Y-TZP or ATZ) allows the manufacture of intraoral zirconia implants which have been offered on the market for some years to meet a demand for restriction of the metal input within implantable or prosthetic devices. In the light of the recent literature, is the durability of these implants sufficient to represent a reliable alternative to the use of titanium implants in the treatment of single or partial edentulism?

This article is available in the CLINIC magazine (issue 408 – dated december 2021)

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Duties:

*University of Paris, Rothschild Hospital (AP-HP), Private practice, Paris.
**University of Paris, Rothschild Hospital (AP-HP), Private practice, Paris.
***University of Paris, Rothschild Hospital (AP-HP), Private practice, Paris.
****Practising in Stomatology, Paris.
*****PU-PH, Head of the DUCICP, Lab URB2i, University of Paris, Rothschild Hospital (AP-HP).

For endosseous implantology, titanium and its alloys are now considered as the reference in terms of osseointegratable materials. The recent systematic review of the literature by Howe et al [1] reports 10-year survival rates for titanium implants of between 86 and 98%.
However, in the anterior region, titanium or its alloys, both implant and implant-retained, have been shown to be…