Accessibility Statement Skip Navigation
  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing
  • Login
  • GDPR
  • Create a Free Account
Return to PRWeb homepage
  • News
  • Resources
  • Contact
When typing in this field, a list of search results will appear and be automatically updated as you type.

Searching for your content...

No results found. Please change your search terms and try again.
  • News in Focus
      • Browse News Releases

      • All News Releases
      • Multimedia Gallery

      • All Multimedia
      • All Photos
      • All Videos
  • Business & Money
      • Auto & Transportation

      • Aerospace, Defense
      • Air Freight
      • Airlines & Aviation
      • Automotive
      • Maritime & Shipbuilding
      • Railroads and Intermodal Transportation
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Transportation, Trucking & Railroad
      • Travel
      • Trucking and Road Transportation
      • View All Auto & Transportation

      • Business Technology

      • Blockchain
      • Broadcast Tech
      • Computer & Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Components
      • Electronic Design Automation
      • Financial Technology
      • High Tech Security
      • Internet Technology
      • Nanotechnology
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Semiconductors
      • View All Business Technology

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Financial Services & Investing

      • Accounting News & Issues
      • Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers
      • Banking & Financial Services
      • Bankruptcy
      • Bond & Stock Ratings
      • Conference Call Announcements
      • Contracts
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Dividends
      • Earnings
      • Earnings Forecasts & Projections
      • Financing Agreements
      • Insurance
      • Investments Opinions
      • Joint Ventures
      • Mutual Funds
      • Private Placement
      • Real Estate
      • Restructuring & Recapitalization
      • Sales Reports
      • Shareholder Activism
      • Shareholder Meetings
      • Stock Offering
      • Stock Split
      • Venture Capital
      • View All Financial Services & Investing

      • General Business

      • Awards
      • Commercial Real Estate
      • Corporate Expansion
      • Earnings
      • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
      • Human Resource & Workforce Management
      • Licensing
      • New Products & Services
      • Obituaries
      • Outsourcing Businesses
      • Overseas Real Estate (non-US)
      • Personnel Announcements
      • Real Estate Transactions
      • Residential Real Estate
      • Small Business Services
      • Socially Responsible Investing
      • Surveys, Polls and Research
      • Trade Show News
      • View All General Business

  • Science & Tech
      • Consumer Technology

      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Blockchain
      • Cloud Computing/Internet of Things
      • Computer Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Consumer Electronics
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Gaming
      • Financial Technology
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Multimedia & Internet
      • Peripherals
      • Social Media
      • STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Consumer Technology

      • Energy & Natural Resources

      • Alternative Energies
      • Chemical
      • Electrical Utilities
      • Gas
      • General Manufacturing
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Oil & Energy
      • Oil and Gas Discoveries
      • Utilities
      • Water Utilities
      • View All Energy & Natural Resources

      • Environ­ment

      • Conservation & Recycling
      • Environmental Issues
      • Environmental Policy
      • Environmental Products & Services
      • Green Technology
      • Natural Disasters
      • View All Environ­ment

      • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Aerospace & Defense
      • Agriculture
      • Chemical
      • Construction & Building
      • General Manufacturing
      • HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning)
      • Machinery
      • Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Paper, Forest Products & Containers
      • Precious Metals
      • Textiles
      • Tobacco
      • View All Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Telecomm­unications

      • Carriers and Services
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Telecommunications Equipment
      • Telecommunications Industry
      • VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Telecomm­unications

  • Lifestyle & Health
      • Consumer Products & Retail

      • Animals & Pets
      • Beers, Wines and Spirits
      • Beverages
      • Bridal Services
      • Cannabis
      • Cosmetics and Personal Care
      • Fashion
      • Food & Beverages
      • Furniture and Furnishings
      • Home Improvement
      • Household, Consumer & Cosmetics
      • Household Products
      • Jewelry
      • Non-Alcoholic Beverages
      • Office Products
      • Organic Food
      • Product Recalls
      • Restaurants
      • Retail
      • Supermarkets
      • Toys
      • View All Consumer Products & Retail

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Health

      • Biometrics
      • Biotechnology
      • Clinical Trials & Medical Discoveries
      • Dentistry
      • FDA Approval
      • Fitness/Wellness
      • Health Care & Hospitals
      • Health Insurance
      • Infection Control
      • International Medical Approval
      • Medical Equipment
      • Medical Pharmaceuticals
      • Mental Health
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Supplementary Medicine
      • View All Health

      • Sports

      • General Sports
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Sporting Events
      • Sports Equipment & Accessories
      • View All Sports

      • Travel

      • Amusement Parks and Tourist Attractions
      • Gambling & Casinos
      • Hotels and Resorts
      • Leisure & Tourism
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Passenger Aviation
      • Travel Industry
      • View All Travel

  • Policy & Public Interest
      • Policy & Public Interest

      • Advocacy Group Opinion
      • Animal Welfare
      • Congressional & Presidential Campaigns
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Domestic Policy
      • Economic News, Trends, Analysis
      • Education
      • Environmental
      • European Government
      • FDA Approval
      • Federal and State Legislation
      • Federal Executive Branch & Agency
      • Foreign Policy & International Affairs
      • Homeland Security
      • Labor & Union
      • Legal Issues
      • Natural Disasters
      • Not For Profit
      • Patent Law
      • Public Safety
      • Trade Policy
      • U.S. State Policy
      • View All Policy & Public Interest

  • People & Culture
      • People & Culture

      • Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American
      • African American
      • Asian American
      • Children
      • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      • Hispanic
      • Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
      • Men's Interest
      • People with Disabilities
      • Religion
      • Senior Citizens
      • Veterans
      • Women
      • View All People & Culture

  • Hamburger menu
  • Cision PRWeb provides efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels
  • Create a Free Account
    • ALL CONTACT INFO
    • Contact Us


      11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday

  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • News in Focus
    • Browse All News
    • Multimedia Gallery
  • Business & Money
    • Auto & Transportation
    • Business Technology
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Financial Services & Investing
    • General Business
  • Science & Tech
    • Consumer Technology
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Environ­ment
    • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing
    • Telecomm­unications
  • Lifestyle & Health
    • Consumer Products & Retail
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Travel
  • Policy & Public Interest
  • People & Culture
    • People & Culture
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR

Bio Materials in Dentistry: Peek Optima and BioHPP- What are the indications and advantages; Are there applications in relation to dental implant treatments?
  • USA - English


News provided by

Jul 01, 2013, 04:05 ET

Share this article

Share toX

Share this article

Share toX

Bridge with precision attachments made from BioHPP
Bridge with precision attachments made from BioHPP

There is even a Facebook Page dedicated to the sharing of pictures and knowledge about the material!

Post this

Newquay/United Kingdom (PRWEB) July 01, 2013 -- Conventionally Chrome–cobalt, Titanium and Zirconium have been the material of choice for dentures, bridges and Implant-Superstructures, but for some time the evolution of Polymers such as PEEK Optima or BioHPP especially for the dental industry has lead to an increase of applications of the material. Due to the fact that worldwide thousands of dental implants are placed every day the dental community is very interested in new materials which can improve and simplify the sometimes very complex and expensive process of restoring these implants with crowns, bridges and dentures.

Firstly: what is PEEK?

PEEK stands for Polyether ether ketone and is a colourless organic thermoplastic material with excellent mechanical and chemical resistance properties.

This material is being used for medical applications such as spine implants for many years and is currently becoming more and more popular in dental laboratories and dental practices.

But this material is everything but new considering that the origins of these materials date back to 1977 when Chemists (Rose and his team) at Imperial Chemical Industries started to construct polymers based on principles developed in the 1930’s. One of their first products was the aromatic polyether ketone family and the first variation of the theme of this family was the polymer polyether ether ketone B which is now simply known as PEEK. Slightly more complicated is its chemical name:

[-oxy-1,4-phenylene-oxy-1,4-phenylene-carbonyl-1,4-phenylene-]

The combination of its mechanical properties its biocompatibility makes this material very attractive to medical and dental applications.

Metal in comparison has several disadvantages when used in medical and / or dental applications:

- higher stiffness compared with bone
- possible release of metal ions (Galvanic element)
- can cause artefacts in CT and MRI Scans

PEEK advantages:

- very light
- similar elasticity as bone
- high strength
- no corrosion
- low moisture absorption

Thus far, PEEK has had the greatest clinical impact within the field of spine and orthopaedic implants but recently new versions of PEEK for dental applications have been developed.

In 1999 the first ever advanced implantable thermoplastic material was developed by Invibio Biomaterial Solutions: PEEK Optima.

The addition of Carbon Fibres enhances the mechanical properties of the original material with an increase of stiffness, strength and creep resistance.

PEEK Optima is currently used in dentistry for temporary Abutments, healing caps, telescopic attachments, precision attachments and Implant-supported superstructures. With CAD-CAM technology PEEK “blanks” can be used to mill frameworks for dentures or bridges within minutes.

Another Variant of PEEK is BioHPP developed by Bredent GmbH. BioHPP stands for Bio High Performance Polymer and has been developed especially for dental applications.

The modification of the material consists of an addition of a special ceramic filler with a grain size between 0.3 to 0.5 μm. According to the manufacturer the small grain size results in a constant homogeneity. Also the small filler size leads to extremely good polishing properties.

In contrary to PEEK Optima this material can also be vacuum pressed in combination with the conventional lost wax technique. The material has been proven to very popular amongst dental technicians. There is even a Facebook Page dedicated to the sharing of pictures and knowledge about the material!

The material has been tested in cooperation with 2 universities (Jena University and Regensburg University) and it has been shown that the Elasticity of the material resembles strongly the elasticity of human bone. This property makes it a very interesting material for the restoration of dental implants.

Implants are osseointegrated without the formation of a periodontal ligament compared with a natural tooth. Conventional materials such as metal and zirconium have very little elasticity which can lead to fractures of the porcelain or TMJ problems. Allergies and corrosion are also disadvantages of these materials.

Therefore it is the cushion effect of PEEK which makes it a desirable material for implant bridges and crowns.

Denture framework are conventionally made from Chrome-Cobalt. BioHPP or Juvora can be a viable alternative to Chrome-Cobalt as it is lighter, does not cause any galvanic elements (corrosion) when in contact with other metals in the mouth. Especially the option of milling the material (Juvora) would be a major advantage. However the question remains whether or not denture framework made with the somewhat bulky Juvora will become popular with dentists and patients. BioHPP which can be pressed seems to offer slightly less bulky structures but long term in vivo tests are not available yet.

Dr. med. dent. Peer Nelz, http://www.atlanticdental.co.uk, +44(0)1637852888, [email protected]

Modal title

Contact PRWeb

  • 11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday
  • Contact Us

About PRWeb

  • About PRWeb
  • Partners
  • Partnership Programs
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Resources

Why PRWeb

  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing

Accounts

  • Create a Free Account
  • Log in
  • Contact Us

Do not sell or share my personal information:

  • Submit via [email protected] 
  • Call Privacy toll-free: 877-297-8921

Contact Cision

Products

About

My Services
  • All News Releases
  • Online Member Center
  • ProfNet
Cision Distribution Helpline
888-776-0942
  • Legal
  • Site Map
  • RSS
  • Cookie Settings
Copyright © 2025 Cision US Inc.