ImplantCad: A Higher Standard for Monobloc Titanium Bars?

BioCadBiocad, a company based in Canada, is set to launch ImplantCad later this year. ImplantCad utilizes an improved technology for generating monobloc titanium bars, for overdentures and fixed detachable hybrid prostheses.

These titanium monobloc frameworks, or ImplantCad bars, are highly accurate because they are CAD generated and seamless because there is no welding of segments. The bars are also very light because they are milled titanium.

According to the company:

“BioCad is the only company in the world to offer such a system as ImplantCad. Our mission is to use robotisation’s advances to create monobloc bars (ImplantCad bars) of unsurpassed quality. Upon examing your ImplantCad Bar, you will immediately notice it’s lightness and passivity…, and the total absence of common defects such as welding seams and porosity.”

There is little additional information about ImplantCad, but you can sign up at the company’s website at, www.biocad.ca, to stay informed. You can also call the company at418.683.8435

Our question, though, is whether this technology is really all that new? Don’t many labs already offer these types of bars? Didn’t 3i pioneer this, and hasn’t Nobel Biocare been doing this for awhile? What are your thoughts on the uniqueness of BioCad? Does the market need an improved technology for generating monobloc titanium bars?

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3 Responses to “ImplantCad: A Higher Standard for Monobloc Titanium Bars?”

  1. Angus Barrie on June 27th, 2007 10:43 pm

    From a Canadian point of view I welcome BioCad to the marketplace. I have done 2 bars with their company so far and will do more. I like the product, the price and the fact that a technician is on the other end of the phone to answer any questions.
    As to the question of “Does the marketplace need another titanium milling company”? From a technician point of view if there is another tool available to me that is a good thing. I still do titanium bars with Procera, (and may do zirconia with them too), and I have done bars with 3i. Each company does a good job and each has strengths but to have access to a “local” company where I am not shipping internationally is good. What also attracted me to BioCad was their ability to work with almost any implant and any attachment.

  2. Dr. Hubert Gaucher on June 28th, 2007 5:00 pm

    I agree, based on several cases, that BioCad bars provide an outstanding fit. When asked to provide clinical research data comparing the BioCad technology to other existing technologies, I was told by BioCad that this issue was not their priority. If there are clinicians and technicians interested in establishing comparatives, I invite them to contact me. The answer to your question is forthcoming and should be evidence based.

  3. Angus Barrie RDT on July 6th, 2007 1:57 am

    A note to the webmaster for this site. Just wanted to clear up the fact that I am a technician, not a dentist. The intro to this post quotes a “Dr. Barrie”. I never signed in as a Dr. and if you read my post you will see that I state that I am speaking from a technician’s point of view.
    Sorry for any confusion.

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