Hu-Friedy Announces Total Implant Maintenance Solution for Care of Dental Implants
Introduces Starter Kit Plus Best Practices Protocol Developed with Implant Care Experts
CHICAGO, IL – June 3, 2010 –Hu-Friedy, a global leader in the manufacturing of dental instruments, has introduced an implant maintenance care starter kit featuring implant safe probes and scalers and a protocol of best practices giving clinicians a useful guide for the care and maintenance of dental implants. Hu-Friedy reviewed white papers and research studies and partnered with implant care experts including The Association of Dental Implant Auxiliaries (ADIA). The company then applied the findings into comprehensive new material including Frequently Asked Questions and introduced an implant care checklist developed by ADIA to provide practitioners with the best practices for implant care.
To sustain dental implants, practitioners monitor and support tissue and bone health, offering their patients counsel regarding their home-care activities. A critical component of these activities involves the use of scalers, which can affect the implant abutment surface topography. Alterations in abutment surface conditions can increase susceptibility to bacterial plaque and deposit accumulation. The Hu-Friedy Total Solution features Implacare® implant scalers to achieve optimal implant maintenance results and Colorvue® probes with vivid yellow tips and black markings for optimal reading. Unlike commonly used resin instruments that contain glass and graphite fillers, or traditional metal instruments that can alter or scratch implant abutment and restorative surfaces,
Hu-Friedy’s instruments preserve the smoothest implant surfaces. (See attached).
According to Lynn D. Terracciano-Mortilla, RDH, Executive Director of the Association of Dental Implant Auxiliaries, “The Hu-Friedy Total Solution Implant Maintenance Starter Kit provides instruments and guidelines that can form the cornerstone for implant sustainability. With the addition of a best practices protocol, dental teams and their patients are empowered with the expertise and rationale to perform at their best. In fact, I strongly recommend the use of these instruments and the accompanying protocol for staff training, procedural implementation and documentation.”
For more information about the Implant Maintenance Care Kit and the complete line of Hu-Friedy implant maintenance solutions, or to place an order, please call 1-800-HU-FRIEDY.
About Hu-Friedy
Founded in Chicago in 1908, Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company helps dental professionals perform at their best by producing dental instruments designed to function as an extension of each practitioner's particular skill. Its products, hand-crafted by highly-skilled artisans, are known for their precision, performance, longevity, reliability and quality. Hu-Friedy products are distributed in more than 75 countries, and the Company has offices in Rotterdam, Leimen, as well as Shanghai and Tokyo.